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Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2016

Filed:

Jan. 28, 2014
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Juan A. Coronado, Tucson, AZ (US);

Yong Guo, Shanghai, CN;

Beth A. Peterson, Tucson, AZ (US);

Jie Tian, Shanghai, CN;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0647 (2013.01); G06F 3/0619 (2013.01); G06F 3/0665 (2013.01); G06F 3/0689 (2013.01); G06F 3/0601 (2013.01);
Abstract

Aspects of the present disclosure are directed toward a method, a system, and a computer program product for managing the migration of extents on tiered systems. The method can include receiving a space reservation request for one or more requested extents on a first storage tier of a storage system. The method can also include releasing a first storage tier reserve space that includes one or more first tier reserved extents in response to the first storage tier reserve space being insufficient for the reservation request. The method can also include migrating the one or more requested extents to the first storage tier reserve space.


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