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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2017
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Jonathan Fischer-Toubol, Tel Aviv, IL;
Asaf Porat-Stoler, Tel Aviv, IL;
Yosef Shatsky, Karnei Shomron, IL;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A computer program product, according to one embodiment, includes a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith. The computer readable storage medium is not a transitory signal per se. The program instructions are readable and/or executable by a processor to cause the processor to perform a method which includes: receiving a request to delete a volume stored in one or more regions in physical space of a storage system; determining whether at least one of the regions having at least a portion of the volume includes reclaimable space; deleting the portion of the volume from the at least one region having the reclaimable space in response to determining that at least one of the regions having at least a portion of the volume includes reclaimable space; and failing the received request to delete the volume in response to determining that none of the regions include reclaimable space.