Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory – Storage accessing and control – Control technique
Reexamination Certificate
2011-03-29
2011-03-29
Campos, Yaima (Department: 2185)
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory
Storage accessing and control
Control technique
C711S161000, C707S640000, C707S644000, C707S654000, C707S655000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07917711
ABSTRACT:
The invention automatically selects a copy function according to a policy associated with data to be copied. The apparatus comprises an identification module configured to identify available copy functions in response to a data copy request that includes a predefined copy policy, a comparison module configured to compare each copy function of a storage device to attributes of the predefined copy policy, a selection module configured to automatically select a copy function that satisfies the predefined copy policy, and a relationship module configured to establish a copy relationship between the determined copy function and the data copy request. A policy generation module may be included and configured to read a set of required attributes from an application and to establish the predefined copy policy based on the set of required attributes from the application.
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Blea David Randall
Burton Mary Catherine
McBride Gregory Edward
Shackelford David Michael
Campos Yaima
International Business Machines - Corporation
Kunzler Needham Massey & Thorpe
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