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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2003
LU Nguyen, San Jose, CA (US);
Mark James Seaman, San Jose, CA (US);
Syed Mohammad Amir Ali Jafri, Mountain View, CA (US);
Lu Nguyen, San Jose, CA (US);
Mark James Seaman, San Jose, CA (US);
Syed Mohammad Amir Ali Jafri, Mountain View, CA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method includes, in response to detecting that a fast copy function has been invoked, automatically selecting at least one target volume for writing fast copy-related data, where the at least one target volume is selected for optimizing fast copy performance, and writing the fast copy data to the selected at least one target volume. Also disclosed is a data processing system having circuitry that operates in accordance with the method, as well as a computer program product, embodied on a computer readable media, that implements the method.