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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2007
Fernando Oliveira, Sudbury, MA (US);
Stephen Fridella, Watertown, MA (US);
Rossen Dimitrov, Nashua, NH (US);
Patrick Eaton, Arlington, MA (US);
Fernando Oliveira, Sudbury, MA (US);
Stephen Fridella, Watertown, MA (US);
Rossen Dimitrov, Nashua, NH (US);
Patrick Eaton, Arlington, MA (US);
EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Abstract
Tracking storage resources includes providing a table containing storage resources along with capabilities and statuses thereof, updating the table in response to a change of status of a storage resource, updating the table in response to a change in capabilities of a storage resource and, in response to an inquiry for a storage resource having a particular capability, searching the table for a storage resource having the particular capability. Tracking storage resources may also include adding an element to the table in response to a new resource being added to the system. The capabilities may include RAID striping, data deduplication, and green operation. The status may be one of: on-line, off-line, and full.