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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2008
James Louis Long, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Matthew D. Haines, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Charles Martin Mcjilton, Longmont, CO (US);
James Louis Long, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Matthew D. Haines, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Charles Martin McJilton, Longmont, CO (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A storage system includes at least one storage device on which are provided data storage volumes and an extended storage volume. The data storage volumes include a first data storage volume that is implemented with a data protection mechanism, and a second data storage volume that is implemented without the data protection mechanism. Also, an extended storage volume is provided that is initially un-allocated to any of the data storage volumes. A controller dynamically allocates at least one portion of the extended storage volume to the particular data storage volume to dynamically expand storage capacity of the particular data storage volume.