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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2012
Applicant:
James S. M. Morse, Havant, GB;
Inventor:
James S. M. Morse, Havant, GB;
Assignee:
XYRATEX TECHNOLOGY LIMITED—A SEAGATE COMPANY, Havant, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/067 (2013.01); G06F 3/0605 (2013.01); G06F 3/0644 (2013.01); G06F 3/0665 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of controlling the capacity of a virtual storage system provided on a physical storage system, the method including: providing a control program on the physical storage system; coupling additional virtual storage to the virtual storage system on the physical storage system; providing control data on the additional virtual storage; with the control program, reading the control data and configuring the virtual storage system accordingly. A corresponding virtual storage system is also provided.