Reserving storage space in data storage systems

A method is used in reserving storage space in data storage systems. A set of logical units (LUs) predefined as file based storage hardware specific LUs are reserved in a restricted access storage space of a block based storage system. The restricted access storage space is accessed by a file based...

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Main Authors LEEF PHILLIP H, GORDON MICHAEL P, RAMAKRISHNAN ASHOK, ELAYOUTY MOHAMED, LAPORTE RUSSELL
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 03.02.2015
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
PHYSICS
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Summary:A method is used in reserving storage space in data storage systems. A set of logical units (LUs) predefined as file based storage hardware specific LUs are reserved in a restricted access storage space of a block based storage system. The restricted access storage space is accessed by a file based storage system for storing information required for initializing the file based storage system. The file based storage system is initialized using the information stored in the file based storage hardware specific LUs.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201113248306