Apparatus and method for resource alerts
US9251050B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 13, 2013 |
| Grant date | Feb 2, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 14, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F11/3055
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method of managing resource allocations in a storage system provisioning system, including monitoring write applications that result in new storage block allocations during a current time slice, calculating a time remaining to exceed actual capacity of allocated storage blocks, if the calculated remaining time does exceed length of next time slice immediately transmitting an alert when an estimated number of future write requests exceeds a predetermined threshold, and if the calculated remaining time does exceed length of next time slice immediately transmitting an alert when an estimated number of future write requests exceeds a predetermined threshold, wherein a duration of a time slice is set by a storage system administrator based upon a current storage library setup and a time required to arrange a new storage device when a thin provisioning device is going out of disk space.
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