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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2011
Aaron L. Jenkins, Tomball, TX (US);
Paul Miller, Houston, TX (US);
Balaji Natrajan, Houston, TX (US);
Aaron L. Jenkins, Tomball, TX (US);
Paul Miller, Houston, TX (US);
Balaji Natrajan, Houston, TX (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
An example method for memory resource provisioning using SAS zoning can include a serial attached Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) (SAS) switch and a provisioning manager (PM) executing on the SAS switch. A plurality of servers are communicatively coupled to the SAS switch, each server executing an operating system (OS) having access to one or more OS volumes. A host provisioning agent (HPA) executes on the OS of each of the plurality of servers. A plurality of memory resources are communicatively coupled to the SAS switch. Each memory resource can have a number of physical hard drives. A first portion of the memory resources is associated with zone groups corresponding to the plurality of servers. A second portion of the memory resources is associated with a provisioning zone group (PZG) hidden from the plurality of servers but available to the PM.