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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2019
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Sandeep Bangur, Pune, IN;
Pankaj Deshpande, Pune, IN;
Aakanksha Mathur, Pune, IN;
Pradip Waykos, Chikhali, IN;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
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.