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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2005
Earle Ellsworth, Benson, AZ (US);
Chad Seaton Mitchell, Tucson, AZ (US);
David Michael Morton, Tucson, AZ (US);
Omar Bond Vargas, Port Orange, FL (US);
Earle Ellsworth, Benson, AZ (US);
Chad Seaton Mitchell, Tucson, AZ (US);
David Michael Morton, Tucson, AZ (US);
Omar Bond Vargas, Port Orange, FL (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for autonomically virtualizing a data storage server. The apparatus, system, and method include a central control hub module configured to service storage server operations between a client and one or more storage servers, a detection module configured to determine whether a set of storage conditions is satisfied, and a creation module configured to create an additional instance of a storage server in response to the set of storage conditions being satisfied. The central control hub module may also include a mapping module configured to maintain storage mappings between the client and servers and provide the storage mappings to the client. When a new server instance is created, it may include a new maintenance database instance.