Thick and thin data volume management
US9268491B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 25, 2015 |
| Grant date | Feb 23, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 25, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/00
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Methods, apparatus and computer program products implement embodiments of the present invention that include configuring one or more storage devices as a plurality of physical storage units, each of the physical storage units having a storage granularity, and configuring, on the one or more storage devices, a thin provisioned storage pool having a physical number of the physical storage units and a logical number of logical storage units, the physical number being less than the logical number. Upon receiving a request to create a thick data volume having a requested number of the physical storage units, an available number of the physical storage units that are available in the thin provisioned pool can be identified.
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