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Exposing storage resources with differing capabilities

  • US 9,122,397 B2
  • Filed: 10/26/2007
  • Issued: 09/01/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/26/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of tracking storage resources in a storage system, comprising:

  • providing a table containing storage resources in the storage system along with capabilities and statuses thereof, wherein the storage system includes a plurality of interconnected file servers and wherein the capabilities correspond to at least one of;

    data deduplication and green operation;

    providing a resource manager that modifies capabilities of resources and modifies corresponding entries in the table;

    the resource manager updating the table in response to a change of status of a storage resource in the storage system;

    the resource manager updating the table in response to a change in capabilities of a storage resource in the storage system; and

    in response to an inquiry for a storage resource in the storage system having a particular capability, the resource manager searching the table for a storage resource having the particular capability.

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