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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2017
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Robert S. Gensler, Jr., Beavercreek, OH (US);
Lisa J. Gundy, Tucson, AZ (US);
Christopher J. Miller, Tucson, AZ (US);
Jeffrey R. Suarez, Tucson, AZ (US);
Assignee:
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0608 (2013.01); G06F 3/0604 (2013.01); G06F 3/067 (2013.01); G06F 3/0631 (2013.01); G06F 3/0644 (2013.01); G06F 3/0662 (2013.01); G06F 3/0665 (2013.01); G06F 3/0683 (2013.01); G06F 3/0685 (2013.01);
Abstract
A storage controller maintains extent space efficient storage volumes in a primary allocation space and a secondary allocation space. An indicator is used to indicate that extents of the secondary allocation space are available for an extent pool, without releasing the extents from the secondary allocation space.
Gensler, Jr., Robert. (2019). Management of physical extents for space efficient storage volumes (U.S. Patent No. 10241681). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10241681
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