Method, system, and article of manufacture for returning empty physical volumes to a storage pool based on a threshold and an elapsed time period

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7979664
APP PUB NO 20090083510A1
SERIAL NO

12327773

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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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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONARMONK NEW YORK 10504

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Carlson, Wayne Charles Tucson, US 24 1048
Gibble, Kevin Lee Tucson, US 17 568
Kishi, Gregory Tad Oro Valley, US 77 3450
Norman, Mark Allan Tucson, US 16 330
Peake, Jonathan Wayne Tucson, US 39 1770

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