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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2001
Charles Carroll Burch, Jr., Sandia Park, NM (US);
William Meredith Menger, Houston, TX (US);
Roger A. Heflin, Ponca City, OK (US);
Charles Ivan Burch, Ponca City, OK (US);
Donna Kay Vunderink, Burbank, OK (US);
Richard Salisbury Day, Ponca City, OK (US);
Charles Carroll Burch, Jr., Sandia Park, NM (US);
William Meredith Menger, Houston, TX (US);
Roger A. Heflin, Ponca City, OK (US);
Charles Ivan Burch, Ponca City, OK (US);
Donna Kay Vunderink, Burbank, OK (US);
Richard Salisbury Day, Ponca City, OK (US);
ConocoPhillips Company, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for creating a virtual storage volume with a file size independent of a file size limitation of a computer. In one embodiment, a storage area is randomly selected from among a plurality of available storage areas. A determination is made as to whether the selected storage area contains at least a predetermined amount of free space. If so, the predetermined amount of free space is allocated on the selected storage area to create an allocated storage area. A symbolic link to the allocated storage area is written in a directory associated with the virtual storage volume. Data destined for the virtual storage volume is then written in the allocated storage area.