Technique for integrating VTL tape pools with MTree quotas
US9063842B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 10, 2013 |
| Grant date | Jun 23, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 13, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2201/81
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method for enforcing quotas in a data storage system. In one embodiment, a method includes the operations of receiving a first request that defines a storage quota for a pool of virtual tapes that is allocated to a user entity; defining the storage quota for the pool of virtual tapes according to the request, wherein the defined storage quota limits a quantity of data that the user entity can store in physical storage of the storage system; receiving a second request from the user entity to write data to the virtual tape of the pool of virtual tapes; and returning a first status that indicates the data to be written from the second request cannot be written and failing the second request where a quantity of the data from the user entity's second request exceeds the defined storage quota.
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