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AssigneeAuspex Systems, Inc.
InventorsSrinivas Pothapragada, Lakshman Narayanaswamy, Pannala Sudhakar Reddy, Ravi Indurkar, Tarun Kumar Tripathy
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A system and a method manages storage space in one or more data storage devices. This is done by receiving a request for storage space from a requester, the request specifying one or more criteria associated with the requested storage space; searching a data structure such as a table containing attributes associated with the data storage devices; selecting one of the data storage devices whose attributes best match the one or more criteria; returning an identification associated with a portion of the selected data storage devices to the requester; and creating a communication path between the requester and the selected data storage device.
A method for managing storage space in one or more data storage devices coupled to a storage area networks (SAN), the method comprising:
A system comprising:
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