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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2011
Yaron Revah, Tel Aviv, IL;
Shemer Schwartz, Herzelia, IL;
Efri Zeidner, Kiryat Mozkin, IL;
Ofir Zohar, Alfe-Menashe, IL;
Yaron Revah, Tel Aviv, IL;
Shemer Schwartz, Herzelia, IL;
Efri Zeidner, Kiryat Mozkin, IL;
Ofir Zohar, Alfe-Menashe, IL;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Various embodiments of the invention relate to an apparatus and a method of managing a snapshot storage pool (SSP) associated with a storage unit of a distributed data storage system. According to some embodiments of the invention, the apparatus may include a logic module and a processor. The logic module may be adapted to provide a threshold corresponding to a ratio between a current amount of storage resources used for storing snapshots in the SSP and a total storage capacity defined for the SSP. The processor may be adapted to trigger an action that may be effective for managing the SSP in response to the amount of storage resources used for storing snapshots in the SSP crossing the threshold.