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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2011
Douglas L. Lehr, Austin, TX (US);
Franklin E. Mccune, Tucson, AZ (US);
David C. Reed, Tucson, AZ (US);
Max D. Smith, Tucson, AZ (US);
Douglas L. Lehr, Austin, TX (US);
Franklin E. McCune, Tucson, AZ (US);
David C. Reed, Tucson, AZ (US);
Max D. Smith, Tucson, AZ (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A detection module selects logically adjacent first and second control areas of a cluster. The detection module further determines that the first and second control areas satisfy a migration test wherein the first control area has free space exceeding a free threshold, the free space is at least equal to a space requirement for each second control area control interval, and the second control area has fewer control intervals than a control interval threshold. In addition, a copy module copies each second control area control interval to the first control area in response to determining that the first and second control areas satisfy the migration test.