System and method for remote configuration of data storage space
AssigneeStorage Technology Corporation
InventorThomas P. Fowler
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Abstract
A system and method for remotely configuring storage space in multiple storage devices. The multiple storage devices include free storage space and storage space allocated to a user for storing data from the user, where the user is located at a site remote from the storage devices. A portion of the free storage space is automatically transferred to the allocated storage space in response to a request by the remote user to increase the size of the allocated storage space.
Claims40
A system for remotely configuring storage space, the system comprising:
- a plurality of storage devices, the plurality of storage devices having storage space comprising free storage space and allocated storage space, wherein the allocated storage space has a size and is to be allocated to a user for storing data from the user, the user to be located at a site remote from the plurality of storage devices;
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- a controller to be provided in communication with the plurality of storage devices and the remote user for automatically transferring a portion of the free storage space to the allocated storage space in response to a request by the remote user to increase the size of the allocated storage space.
A method for remotely configuring storage space, the method comprising:
- providing a plurality of storage devices, the plurality of storage devices having storage space comprising free storage space and allocated storage space, wherein the allocated storage space has a size and is to be allocated to a user for storing data from the user, the user to be located at a site remote from the plurality of storage devices;
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- providing a controller to be provided in communication with the plurality of storage devices and the remote user for automatically transferring a portion of the free storage space to the allocated storage space in response to a request by the remote user to increase the size of the allocated storage space.
A method for remotely configuring storage space in a system having a plurality of storage devices, the plurality of storage devices having storage space comprising free storage space and allocated storage space, wherein the allocated storage space has a size and is to be allocated to a user for storing data from the user, the user to be located at a site remote from the plurality of storage devices, the method comprising:
- providing a controller to be provided in communication with the plurality of storage devices and the remote user for automatically transferring a portion of the free storage space to the allocated storage space in response to a request by the remote user to increase the size of the allocated storage space.
In a storage system having a plurality of storage devices, the plurality of storage devices having storage space comprising free storage space and allocated storage space, the allocated storage space having a size and being allocated to a remote user for storing data from the user, a method for configuring storage space, comprising:
- automatically receiving a request from the user to increase the size of the allocated storage space;
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- automatically transferring a portion of the free storage space to the allocated storage space in response to the request by the user to increase the size of the allocated storage space.
In a storage system having a plurality of storage devices, the plurality of storage devices having storage space comprising free storage space and allocated storage space, the allocated storage space having a size and being allocated to a remote user for storing data from the user, a method for configuring storage space, comprising:
- automatically receiving a request from the user to decrease the size of the allocated storage space;
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- automatically transferring a portion of the allocated storage space to the free storage space in response to the request by the user to decrease the size of the allocated storage space.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.