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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2011
Vamsikrishna Sadhu, Karnataka, IN;
Brian S. Foster, Haverhill, MA (US);
Brian R. Gruttadauria, Sutton, MA (US);
Joseph T. Frank, Boulder, CO (US);
Suresh Kumar Kalidindi, Bangalore, IN;
Vamsikrishna Sadhu, Karnataka, IN;
Brian S. Foster, Haverhill, MA (US);
Brian R. Gruttadauria, Sutton, MA (US);
Joseph T. Frank, Boulder, CO (US);
Suresh Kumar Kalidindi, Bangalore, IN;
Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Abstract
A method is used for configuring I/O cache. A file system and a disk volume are identified. The file system is mounted on the disk volume. A cache mapper logical volume is created in response to a cache creation request. A cache volume is dynamically created from an existing cache storage unit, where the cache mapper logical volume is mounted on the disk volume and the cache volume.