Computer system and method for balancing usage rate of pool volumes
US9201607B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 30, 2014 |
| Grant date | Dec 1, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 30, 2034 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F12/02
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The computer system, during the course of executing an operation of dynamically allocating a storage area to a virtual volume in response to an access from a host system, detects where a balance of a storage capacity among a plurality of logical areas is disrupted, and subsequently moves a storage area among a plurality of logical areas to maintain balance of the storage capacity.
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