Method, system, and article of manufacture for returning...

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2011-07-12

2011-07-12

Kim, Hong (Department: 2185)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory

Storage accessing and control

Memory configuring

C711S154000, C711S111000, C711S112000, C711S004000, C707S821000, C710S056000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07979664

ABSTRACT:
Provided are a method, system and article of manufacture for return processing in storage pools. A plurality of physical volumes are allocated to a first storage pool. A determination is made whether the first storage pool has more than a threshold number of empty physical volumes. If the first storage pool has more than the threshold number of empty physical volumes, then at least one empty physical volume is returned to a second storage pool.

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