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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2010
Kavita Chavda, Roswell, GA (US);
David P. Goodman, Loveland, CO (US);
Sandeep Gopisetty, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Seshashayee S. Murthy, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Aameek Singh, University Place, WA (US);
Kavita Chavda, Roswell, GA (US);
David P. Goodman, Loveland, CO (US);
Sandeep Gopisetty, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Seshashayee S. Murthy, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Aameek Singh, University Place, WA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention provide an approach for intelligent storage planning and planning within a clustered computing environment (e.g., a cloud computing environment). Specifically, embodiments of the present invention will first determine/identify a set of storage area network volume controllers (SVCs) that is accessible from a host that has submitted a request for access to storage. Thereafter, a set of managed disk (mdisk) groups (i.e., corresponding to the set of SVCs) that are candidates for satisfying the request will be determined. This set of mdisk groups will then be filtered based on available space therein, a set of user/requester preferences, and optionally, a set of performance characteristics. Then, a particular mdisk group will be selected from the set of mdisk groups based on the filtering.