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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2007
Kevin John Ash, Tucson, AZ (US);
Lokesh Mohan Gupta, Tucson, AZ (US);
Steven Robert Lowe, Tucson, AZ (US);
Alfred Emilio Sanchez, Tucson, AZ (US);
Kenneth Wayne Todd, Tucson, AZ (US);
Kevin John Ash, Tucson, AZ (US);
Lokesh Mohan Gupta, Tucson, AZ (US);
Steven Robert Lowe, Tucson, AZ (US);
Alfred Emilio Sanchez, Tucson, AZ (US);
Kenneth Wayne Todd, Tucson, AZ (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture for copying data from a first cluster to a second cluster to reassign storage areas from the first cluster to the second cluster. An operation is initiated to reassign storage areas from a first cluster to a second cluster, wherein the first cluster includes a first cache and a first storage unit and the second cluster includes a second cache and a second storage unit. Data in the first cache for the storage areas to reassign to the second cluster is copied to the second cache. Data in the first storage unit for storage areas remaining assigned to the first cluster is copied to the second storage unit.