Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory – Storage accessing and control – Control technique
Reexamination Certificate
2006-05-24
2008-10-07
Verbrugge, Kevin (Department: 2189)
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory
Storage accessing and control
Control technique
C711S114000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07434017
ABSTRACT:
When a volume belonging to a first storage tier is relocated to a second storage tier, in the event that an empty volume satisfying capacity conditions is not present in the second storage tier, an empty volume satisfying the capacity conditions within volumes belonging to a third storage tier is virtually allocated to the second storage tier, a further virtual empty volume is formed, and the volume is virtually relocated to the further virtual empty volume.
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Eguchi Yoshiaki
Maruyama Tetsuya
Yamamoto Masayuki
Hitachi , Ltd.
Townsend and Townsend / and Crew LLP
Verbrugge Kevin
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