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Storage space allocation for logical disk creation

US9032147B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateOct 4, 2013
Grant dateMay 12, 2015
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Expiry dateOct 4, 2033

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F3/0673
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present disclosure includes apparatus, systems, computer readable storage media and techniques relating to virtualization of data storage space. In some implementations, a system includes storage devices, wherein each of the storage devices includes contiguous portions; and a data storage controller configured to assign a priority value to each of available ones of the contiguous portions of the respective storage devices, based on weighted criteria, and choose a subset of the available ones of the contiguous portions of the respective storage devices, in accordance with the assigned priority values, to form a logical disk; wherein the logical disk includes at least one available portion from each of two or more of the storage devices.

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