US Patent No: 8,060,703
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Techniques for allocating/reducing storage required for one or more virtual machines
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Nov 15, 2011
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Mar 30, 2007
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Abstract
Techniques for allocating/reducing storage required for one or more virtual machines are disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for allocating storage for one or more virtual machines. The method may comprise providing one or more virtual machines. The method may also comprise creating one or more master images containing one or more commonly used blocks. The method may also comprise creating one or more Copy on Write volumes, where each Copy on Write volume may be associated with at least one of the one or more virtual machines and at least one of the one or more master images, and wherein updated blocks may be stored in at least one of the one or more Copy on Write volumes, thereby reducing storage required for one or more virtual machines.
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| 7,577,806 Systems and methods for time dependent data storage and recovery | 4 | 2003 | |
| 7,246,200 Provisioning and snapshotting using copy on read/write and transient virtual machine technology | 11 | 2003 | |
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| 6,487,645 Data storage subsystem with fairness-driven update blocking | 57 | 2000 | |
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| 6,363,455 Apparatus and method for data processing employing data blocks and updating blocks | 4 | 1998 | |
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| 7,158,972 Methods and apparatus for managing multiple user systems | 24 | 2002 | |
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