International Business Machines Corporation

Pradip A Waykos

Anil Manohar Omanwar

Sujoy Sett

Pankaj Deshpande

Silpi Dhua

Aakanksha Mathur

Sandeep Bangur

A computer-implemented method includes receiving a request for storage for a container and determining whether a suitable thin provisioned volume currently exists based on criteria in the request. In response to determining that a suitable thin provisioned volume currently exists, the method includes selecting an unused portion of the thin provisioned volume and creating a container volume in the selected unused portion of the thin provisioned volume. The method also includes permitting input/output (I/O) to the container volume and releasing the selected unused portion of the thin provisioned volume in response to determining the container volume is no longer needed.

Fast provisioning of storage blocks in thin provisioned volumes for supporting large numbers of short-lived applications

A method, computer system, and a computer program product for analyzing a crowd using a plurality of images captured by an aerial drone is provided. The present invention may include determining a geographic area associated with the crowd. The present invention may also include partitioning the determined geographic area into a plurality of zones. The present invention may then include determining a flight path covering each zone within the plurality of zones. The present invention may further include receiving the plurality of images from the aerial drone. The present invention may also include analyzing the received plurality of images to identify a plurality of individuals associated with the crowd. The present invention may then include predicting a plurality of crowd characteristics based on the analyzed plurality of images. The present invention may further include performing an action in response to the predicted plurality of crowd characteristics.

Crowd detection, analysis, and categorization

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