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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2005
Eric C. Hamilton, Durham, NC (US);
Peter Griess, San Francisco, CA (US);
Robert L. Fair, Cary, NC (US);
Himanshu Aggarwal, Cary, NC (US);
John K. Edwards, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Eric C. Hamilton, Durham, NC (US);
Peter Griess, San Francisco, CA (US);
Robert L. Fair, Cary, NC (US);
Himanshu Aggarwal, Cary, NC (US);
John K. Edwards, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Netapp, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A file system receives a request to set a capacity guarantee for a virtual volume associated with a logical aggregation of physical storage. In response, the file system sets the capacity guarantee to indicate that the logical aggregation of physical storage is to provide a specified amount of space to the virtual volume. The amount of space provided to the virtual volume may be based, at least in part, on a guarantee type. The guarantee type may include, for example, volume, file, none, or partial.