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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2005
Stephen S. Selkirk, Broomfield, CO (US);
Charles A. Milligan, Golden, CO (US);
Perry Merritt, Broomfield, CO (US);
Edward T. Gladstone, Westminster, CO (US);
James B. Lenehan, Erie, CO (US);
Kenneth Willis, Castle Rock, CO (US);
Stephen S. Selkirk, Broomfield, CO (US);
Charles A. Milligan, Golden, CO (US);
Perry Merritt, Broomfield, CO (US);
Edward T. Gladstone, Westminster, CO (US);
James B. Lenehan, Erie, CO (US);
Kenneth Willis, Castle Rock, CO (US);
Storage Technology Corporation, Louisville, CO (US);
Abstract
A system is provided to support dynamically changeable virtual mapping schemes in a data processing system. The present invention separates processing of data unit requirements from the selection of which storage subsystems to use for storage by using a storage methodologies inventory. A stored data management subsystem contains one or more hosts. A plurality of data storage elements is functionally coupled to the one or more hosts. The plurality of data storage elements is organized using a plurality of layers of mapping tables. The plurality of layers of mapping tables provides unique identification of location of the data such that individual data entries in a mapping table is variable and self-defining with respect to the amount of data managed.