| US 7,487,308 B1 | ||
| Identification for reservation of replacement storage devices for a logical volume to satisfy its intent | ||
| Chirag Deepak Dalal, Maharaahtra (India); Vaijayanti Rakshit Bharadwaj, Sunnyvale, Calif. (US); and Vivek V. Gupta, Aundh (India) | ||
| Assigned to Symantec Operating Corporation, Cupertino, Calif. (US) | ||
| Filed on Nov. 28, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/724,245. | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 12/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 711—162 [711/100; 711/112; 711/154; 711/170] | 26 Claims |
| 1. A method comprising:
identifying, based upon an intent associated with a logical volume, a first set of physical storage devices to reserve as
backup for a second set of physical storage devices configured to provide the logical volume, wherein
the second set of physical storage devices is configured using the intent associated with the logical volume, wherein the
intent is obtained from a creator of the logical volume when the logical volume is being created and stored on the second
set of physical storage devices, and wherein the intent comprises information identifying a set of characteristics specified
by the creator of the logical volume, and
each physical storage device of the first set of physical storage devices and the second set of physical storage devices conforms
to the intent.
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