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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gerald P Duggan, Ft. Collins, CO (US);
Ronald E Poppen-Chambers, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/730 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/730 ;
Abstract
Apparatus and method for Storage Resource Management (SRM)—i.e., the management of computer storage devices as resources. Methods for Storage Resource Management are described that can be easily and efficiently scaled to computer systems which could include thousands of computers while providing detailed file storage attributes. These methods include three phases: (1) an initialization phase, (2) a data collection phase, and (3) a management server communication phase.