Storage management system, management device and method therefor
US9471224B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 2, 2015 |
| Grant date | Oct 18, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 21, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F3/0689
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A storage management method includes the following steps: detecting sizes of shared storage spaces of terminal devices joined in a sharing system; classifying the terminal devices joined in a sharing system to a number of kinds of terminal devices according to a size of the shared storage space of each terminal device; mapping the shared storage spaces of each kind of terminal devices of each device group to virtual disks with corresponding storage capacities of a virtual disk array card one by one; receiving a storing request to store a file to a cloud, and determining a size of the file to be stored and selecting one virtual disk whose storage capacity is nearest and greater than or equal to the size of the file, and storing the file to the shared storage spaces of the terminal devices mapping to the selected virtual disk.
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