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US 9,176,681 B1Granted
Managing provisioning of storage in storage systems
AssigneeEMC Corporation
InventorsYan Xu, Piers Changyong Yu, Alex Zhongbing Yang, Michael C. Brundage, Kamakshi Viswanadha, Yining Si, Steve Zhuxiong Ai
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Abstract
A method is used in managing provisioning of storage in storage systems. Whether a logical object requires a slice for recovering the logical object is determined. Based on the determination, storage for the slice is provisioned. The slice is provided to the logical object.
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A method for use in managing provisioning of storage in storage systems, the method comprising:
- determining whether a logical object requires a slice for recovering the logical object, wherein the slice is required for storing information required for recovering the logical object;
- based on the determination, provisioning storage for the slice, wherein the slice is provisioned for the logical object irrespective of a state of the logical object, wherein the state of logical object indicates whether the logical object is mounted;
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- providing the slice to the logical object.
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A system for use in managing provisioning of storage in storage systems, the system comprising:
- first logic determining whether a logical object requires a slice for recovering the logical object, wherein the slice is required for storing information required for recovering the logical object;
- second logic provisioning, based on the determination, storage for the slice, wherein the slice is provisioned for the logical object irrespective of a state of the logical object, wherein the state of logical object indicates whether the logical object is mounted;
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- third logic providing the slice to the logical object.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.