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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2024
Dell Products L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);
Amitai Alkalay, Kadima, IL;
Vamsi K. Vankamamidi, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Lior Kamran, Richon LeZion, IL;
Steven A. Morley, Mendon, MA (US);
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
Techniques manage data within storage equipment having a Flexible Data Placement (FDP) drive. The techniques involve configuring the storage equipment to support storing data in reclaim units of the FDP drive according to an initial group of reclaim unit handles. The techniques further involve detecting that a number of currently available reclaim units of the FDP drive has fallen below a first predefined threshold. The techniques further involve, in response to detecting that the number of currently available reclaim units of the FDP drive has fallen below the first predefined threshold, reconfiguring the storage equipment to support storing data in reclaim units of the FDP drive according to a smaller group of reclaim unit handles. The smaller group of reclaim unit handles has fewer reclaim unit handles than the initial group of reclaim unit handles.