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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2002
Roni J. Putra, Pompano Beach, FL (US);
Nicholas Connolly, Purley, GB;
YE (Tom) Chen, Boca Raton, FL (US);
David A. Linde, Plantation, FL (US);
Ziya A. Aral, Pompano Beach, FL (US);
Mohamed Ghanem, Coconut Creek, FL (US);
Mark Friedman, Naples, FL (US);
Roni J. Putra, Pompano Beach, FL (US);
Nicholas Connolly, Purley, GB;
Ye (Tom) Chen, Boca Raton, FL (US);
David A. Linde, Plantation, FL (US);
Ziya A. Aral, Pompano Beach, FL (US);
Mohamed Ghanem, Coconut Creek, FL (US);
Mark Friedman, Naples, FL (US);
DataCore Software Corporation, Fort Lauderdale, FL (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are network managed volumes that enable simplified and more efficient use of information technology assets by allocating physical disk drives as needed. A pool of storage can be defined and populated with physical disks that are accessible in a storage area network. Virtual volumes are created from the storage pool, with each virtual volume being separately allocable to a host device (e.g., client, application server, etc.). Thus, host devices that have been allocated these virtual volumes perceive ownership of the entire volume, without requiring a present allocation of physical storage space having the same characteristics, but with seamless introduction of physical resources as needed.