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Directed allocation of coupling facility structures

  • US 6,584,554 B1
  • Filed: 08/23/1999
  • Issued: 06/24/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/23/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of allocating storage structures within a shared storage processor of a computing environment, said shared storage processor being coupled to one or more processors of said computing environment, and said method comprising:

  • specifying, without deriving from a structure size and a ratio of entries to elements, one or more target maximum counts to be used in allocating a storage structure of said shared storage processor, wherein target maximum count of the one or more target maximum counts indicates a maximum number of one of entries and to be included in the storage structure; and

    allocating said storage structure using said one or more target maximum counts, wherein the allocating comprises creating an instance of the storage structure, and wherein the creating defines functionality of the instance of the storage structure, the functionality facilitating access within the instance of the storage structure.

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