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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 06, 1998
John D Frazier, Ramona, CA (US);
NCR Corporation, Dayton, OH (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for configuring volume sets in a distributed processing system is described. The processing system comprises a plurality of compute nodes communicatively coupled to a plurality of input/output (I/O) nodes, each having storage space. The method comprises the steps of querying the I/O nodes to determine available storage space at each I/O node in the system, displaying information representing the available storage space to the user, and accepting a volume set name and selected volume set size smaller than the largest storage space block size. Next, the system scans the information to determine if there is a storage block substantially the same size as the selected volume set size. If there is such a storage block, the volume set is then created. If no such storage block exists, performance data for the available storage blocks is obtained, and used to recommend a selected storage block for the volume set. In one embodiment, storage blocks are selected so that small storage spaces which are of limited practical use are minimized. The user can then select one of the recommended storage blocks or another, if desired.