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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2024
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Asimuddin Kazi, Naperville, IL (US);
Patrick Aaron Tamborski, Chicago, IL (US);
Shikha Shree, Chicago, IL (US);
Stephen Garward, Grayslake, IL (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Examples described herein provide a computer-implemented method that includes identifying an upgrade to be made to a storage system. The method further includes receiving, at a management device from a plurality of storage devices of the storage system, namespace information for each of the plurality of storage devices, the namespace information being shared among the plurality of storage devices. The method further includes determining, by the management device, whether a namespace gap exists based at least in part on the namespace information for each of the plurality of storage devices. The method further includes determining, by the management device, whether a namespace gap conflict exists with respect to the upgrade. The method further includes, responsive to determining that the namespace gap conflicts with the upgrade, implementing the upgrade while reducing the namespace gap conflict.