Managing storage resources attached to a data network
First Claim
1. A system for managing storage resources on a network, comprising:
- a plurality of storage nodes on the network, each node associated with a physical storage resource;
a management server on the network for collecting the physical storage resources associated with the storage nodes into a pool of virtual storage resources; and
a storage client for accessing the virtual storage resources in the pool collected by the management server.
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Abstract
A computer network includes multiple storage nodes each having a physical storage resource. A system management server on the network identifies the physical storage on the network and collects it into a virtual storage pool. When an application executing on a storages client accesses network storage, the system management server allocates a segment of the virtual storage pool to the application. The segment of the virtual storage pool is stored on a physical storage resource on the network. The system management server monitors the application'"'"'s use of the network storage and transparently and dynamically re-allocates the virtual segment to an optimal physical storage resource.
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30 Claims
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1. A system for managing storage resources on a network, comprising:
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a plurality of storage nodes on the network, each node associated with a physical storage resource;
a management server on the network for collecting the physical storage resources associated with the storage nodes into a pool of virtual storage resources; and
a storage client for accessing the virtual storage resources in the pool collected by the management server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A computer program product comprising:
a computer-readable medium having computer program logic embodied therein for maintaining storage resources on a network, the network comprising a plurality of storage nodes, each node associated with a physical storage resource, the network further comprising a storage client for accessing the storage resources, the computer program logic comprising;
management server logic for collecting the physical storage resources associated with the storage nodes into a pool of virtual storage resources and for providing virtual storage resources in the pool to the storage client. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method of managing storage resources on a network, comprising:
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identifying a plurality of storage nodes on the network, each node associated with a physical storage resource;
collecting the physical storage resources associated with the storage nodes into a pool of virtual storage resources; and
providing virtual storage resources from the pool to a storage client responsive to the storage client accessing the storage resources on the network. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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