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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2003
Margaret E. Knight, Seattle, WA (US);
Margaret E. Knight, Seattle, WA (US);
VERITAS Operating Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A software architecture for automatically (i.e., programmatically) determining a storage configuration of a storage system for a certain software application. Software programs which determine the storage configuration may have a modular software architecture that allows the software programs to be used for a plurality of different types of software applications. A storage configurator core engine program may be executable to perform the automatic storage configuration function that is independent of, or generic to, a plurality of possible software applications. The core engine program may be configured to interface with one of a plurality of possible application specific programs, depending on the software application for which the storage configuration is being determined. The core engine program may also be configured to interface with other programs or files in performing the automatic storage configuration function, such as a rule information file, a free space file, and user input.