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Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2014

Filed:

Apr. 27, 2010
Applicants:

Yutaka Takata, Ninomiya, JP;

Shintaro Inoue, Odawara, JP;

Inventors:

Yutaka Takata, Ninomiya, JP;

Shintaro Inoue, Odawara, JP;

Assignee:

Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The statuses of an actual area are (1) a first status which indicates that [the actual area] is already initialized and can be assigned to a virtual area, (2) a second status which indicates that [the actual area] is already assigned to a virtual area, and (3) a third status which indicates that [the actual area] cannot be assigned to a virtual area and initialization which is specified data write is to be performed. The storage controller limits the total virtual volume capacity which is the total capacity of one or more virtual volumes which are associated with the pool, in accordance with whether the pool comprises an actual page in the third status or not, to the capacity of the pool or smaller.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Takata, Yutaka. (2014). Method of controlling total capacity of virtual volumes associated with pool and storage apparatus (U.S. Patent No. 8677080). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8677080

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