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ADMINISTERING A SHARED, ON-LINE POOL OF DATA STORAGE RESOURCES FOR PERFORMING DATA STORAGE OPERATIONS

  • US 20140040580A1
  • Filed: 03/06/2013
  • Published: 02/06/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/31/2012
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method of administering a shared pool of storage resources, the method comprising:

  • electronically distributing data protection software to a plurality of users who each contribute storage resources to a shared pool of storage resources, the data protection software installed on at least one computing device of each user, the computing devices of the plurality of users in networked communication with one another;

    for respective users of the plurality of users, maintaining, with a storage manager executing in one or more processors, a first data structure including an indication as to an amount of available storage resources contributed to the shared pool by the individual respective users;

    determining, by the storage manager, that a copy operation is to be performed on data stored in primary storage associated with a first user of the plurality of users;

    consulting, by the storage manager, the first data structure to identify available storage resources contributed to the shared pool by a second user of the plurality of users; and

    instructing the data protection software installed on the computing device of the first user to initiate the copy operation, wherein data involved in the copy operation is communicated to and copied into the contributed storage resources of the second user.

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