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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2012
Mark S. Fleming, Tucson, AZ (US);
Jiang Peng, Shanghai, CN;
Rong Zhang, Shanghai, CN;
Zhang Xin, Shanghai, CN;
Mark S. Fleming, Tucson, AZ (US);
Jiang Peng, Shanghai, CN;
Rong Zhang, Shanghai, CN;
Zhang Xin, Shanghai, CN;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of managing storage devices including storage resources that are virtualized and integrated into corresponding intermediate volumes, wherein the intermediate volumes are virtualized and integrated into individual logical volumes. The method comprises acquiring storage resource requirements presented to the logical volumes where the requirements comprise redundancy, obtaining storage resources available from respective intermediate volumes, selecting intermediate volumes to satisfy the storage resource requirements based on the requirements and available storage resources, where a minimum number of the intermediate volumes is determined based on the required redundancy, and storing user data in selected intermediate volumes based on the required redundancy.