The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2006
Txomin Barturen, Issaquah, WA (US);
Txomin Barturen, Issaquah, WA (US);
EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems are disclosed that relate to identifying an appropriate logical unit for a requested application storage allocation. An exemplary method includes receiving a request for storage allocation comprising a plurality of storage attributes including capacity and at least one performance and/or availability criterion. The method further includes identifying a logical unit having at least one designated storage characteristic that satisfies the at least one criterion and having an available storage space that satisfies the capacity and allocating at least a portion of the identified logical unit for storage associated with the request.