Apparatus and method for configuring available storage capacity on a network as a logical device
First Claim
1. ) A method of configuring available storage capacity on a network, comprising:
- a) identifying said available storage capacity of at least two types of storage resources on said network;
b) allocating said indentified storage capacity as a logical device; and
c) managing access to said logical device.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for configuring available storage capacity that is available on a network as a logical device for common use thereof. The invention is preferably embodied in computer readable program code. The available storage capacity may be identified by monitoring storage resources on the network (e.g., NAS, SAN, PC attached storage, server attached storage, etc.) and determining the available storage capacity thereof. The available storage capacity is allocated for common use as a logical device, and managed according to a management policy. For example, the logical device may be managed by translating between access protocols, routing data to the portion of the logical device best suited to store the data, etc.
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1. ) A method of configuring available storage capacity on a network, comprising:
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a) identifying said available storage capacity of at least two types of storage resources on said network;
b) allocating said indentified storage capacity as a logical device; and
c) managing access to said logical device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. ) An apparatus for configuring available storage capacity on a network, comprising:
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computer readable storage media;
computer readable program code stored on said computer readable storage media, comprising;
a) program code for identifying said available storage capacity of at least two types of storage resources on said network;
b) program code for allocating said available storage capacity as a logical device; and
c) program code for managing said logical device. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20)
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19. ) An apparatus for configuring available storage capacity on a network for common use thereof, comprising:
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means for identifying said available storage capacity on said network;
means for allocating said available storage capacity; and
means for managing said allocated storage capacity.
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