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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2004
Wayne A. Sawdon, San Jose, CA (US);
Roger L. Haskin, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Frank B. Schmuck, Campbell, CA (US);
James C. Wyllie, Monte Sereno, CA (US);
Wayne A. Sawdon, San Jose, CA (US);
Roger L. Haskin, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Frank B. Schmuck, Campbell, CA (US);
James C. Wyllie, Monte Sereno, CA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Space is allocated on data storage devices in proportion to weights associated with the storage devices. The weights can be dynamically adjusted at any time in order to accommodate changes in the system and to better utilize the storage devices. The technique used to perform the allocating is independent of the weights used by the allocating. Further, the allocation technique can accommodate general purpose data streams having varying lengths and/or varying access patterns, as well as special purpose data streams, such as video streams.