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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2001
Neil F. Schutzman, Marlboro, MA (US);
Madhav Mutalik, Southborough, MA (US);
Thomas L. Dings, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Ajay Shekhar, Medway, MA (US);
Ananthan K. Pillai, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Neil F. Schutzman, Marlboro, MA (US);
Madhav Mutalik, Southborough, MA (US);
Thomas L. Dings, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Ajay Shekhar, Medway, MA (US);
Ananthan K. Pillai, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Abstract
A method of attribute based resource allocation is presented. A resource such as a pool of storage has certain properties or attributes associated with portions of the pool. When a request for storage is needed, the requester provides a selection expression which includes properties and logical operators. From the selection expression a determination is made to allocate portions of the storage pool which meet the requirements of the selection expression.