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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2004
David Maxwell Cannon, Tucson, AZ (US);
Colin Scott Dawson, Tucson, AZ (US);
Barry Fruchtman, Tucson, AZ (US);
Charles Alan Nichols, Tucson, AZ (US);
David Maxwell Cannon, Tucson, AZ (US);
Colin Scott Dawson, Tucson, AZ (US);
Barry Fruchtman, Tucson, AZ (US);
Charles Alan Nichols, Tucson, AZ (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Techniques are provided for allocating storage space to a storage pool. A request for storage space for the storage pool is received. A list of locations associated with the storage pool is obtained, wherein the locations are capable of spanning multiple file systems or multiple directories within a single file system. One or more allocation techniques are applied to select one or more locations at which storage space is to be allocated. The storage space is allocated at the selected one or more locations.