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DATA STORAGE RESOURCE ALLOCATION BY PERFORMING ABBREVIATED RESOURCE CHECKS OF CERTAIN DATA STORAGE RESOURCES TO DETERMINE WHETHER DATA STORAGE REQUESTS WOULD FAIL

  • US 20180039550A1
  • Filed: 10/17/2017
  • Published: 02/08/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/19/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for abbreviated resource checking for data storage requests, the system comprising:

  • a computer comprising one or more processors and computer memory, wherein the computer is configured to;

    before attempting a logical check of first physical resources required for performing a first data storage request in a queue of data storage requests that are to be performed in a data storage management environment,perform one or more physical checks of the first physical resources in an order based on relative scarcity of the physical resources in the data storage management environment; and

    based on at least one of the one or more physical checks indicating that at least one of the first physical resources would cause the first data storage request to fail if attempted, andwithout attempting any further physical checks and any logical checks of other of the first physical data storage resources required to perform the first data storage request, andwithout attempting to perform the first data storage request,generate an indication that the first data storage request should not be performed according to its position in the queue.

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