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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2021
Emc Ip Holding Company, Llc, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Bruce E. Caram, Hudson, MA (US);
Vamsi K. Vankamamidi, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Philippe Armangau, Acton, MA (US);
Ajay Karri, South Grafton, MA (US);
EMC IP Holding Company, LLC, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Abstract
A method, computer program product, and computing system for defining a quantity of discrete storage portions within a storage system; entering an expansion mode during which the discrete storage portions are incrementally assigned to at least one processing node until a first assignment level target is achieved; once the first assignment level target is achieved, entering a utilization mode during which the utilization of the assigned discrete portions is increased until a first utilization level target is achieved; and once the first utilization level target is achieved, reentering the expansion mode during which additional discrete storage portions are incrementally assigned to the at least one processing node until a second assignment level target is achieved.