System and method for intelligent provisioning of storage across a plurality of storage systems

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11395510

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A system and method for intelligently provisions storage among a plurality of storage systems. A flexible storage manager (FSM) executing within a storage system environment manages the intelligent provisioning of storage. The FSM sorts an ordered list of data containers within the storage system environment according to a predefined list of criteria to find a highest ranked aggregate. Requested storage is then provisioned on the highest ranked aggregate by the FSM.

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NETWORK APPLIANCE INC495 EAST JAVA DRIVE SUNNYVALE CA 94089

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Roussos, Konstantinos Sunnyvale, CA 33 839
Smoot, Peter Logan Sunnyvale, CA 2 86
Tyrrell, John Charles Sunnyvale, CA 2 86

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