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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2017
Filed:
May. 09, 2016
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Gaurav Chhaunker, Hyderabad, IN;
Muthu A. Muthiah, Beaverton, OR (US);
Dhaval K. Shah, Nadiad, IN;
Ganesh Sivaperuman, Chennai, IN;
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/08 (2016.01); G06F 9/46 (2006.01); G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 11/20 (2006.01); G06F 12/0866 (2016.01); G06F 11/10 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/2094 (2013.01); G06F 3/0607 (2013.01); G06F 3/0608 (2013.01); G06F 3/0619 (2013.01); G06F 3/0631 (2013.01); G06F 3/0644 (2013.01); G06F 3/0653 (2013.01); G06F 3/0689 (2013.01); G06F 11/1092 (2013.01); G06F 12/0866 (2013.01); G06F 2201/805 (2013.01); G06F 2211/1023 (2013.01); G06F 2212/224 (2013.01); G06F 2212/262 (2013.01);
Abstract
Physical storage devices are configured as a redundant array of independent disks (RAID). As such, storage space of the physical storage devices is allocated to the RAID, and each physical storage device is part of the RAID. Where a portion of the storage space of the physical storage devices is not allocated to the RAID, this portion of the storage space is configured so that it is usable and is not wasted.