Tape-managed partition support for effective workload allocation and space management

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9606930
APP PUB NO 20160041758A1
SERIAL NO

14452406

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In one embodiment, a system includes a disk cache and a controller configured to create a cache resident partition in the disk cache, the cache resident partition being configured to store data thereto that is not subject to HSM, manage the cache resident partition to have a size that is greater than a first minimum size and less than or equal to a total size of the disk cache, receive data to store to the disk cache, store the data to the cache resident partition at least initially, create tape-managed partitions in the disk cache, each of the tape-managed partitions being configured to store data that is subject to HSM, and manage the tape-managed partitions to have a size that is greater than a second minimum size and less than or equal to a total size of the disk cache less a size of all other partitions combined.

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  • INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Iwasaki, Norie Kanagawa, JP 65 415
Katori, Katsuyoshi Kanagawa, JP 33 196
Masuda, Koichi Kanagawa-ken, JP 109 843
Swingler, Joseph M Tucson, US 63 699

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