4,611,298 A 9/1986 Schuldt...................... 364/900 communication network. The SAN server
allocates a first 4,654,819 A 3/1987 Stiffler et al......... 364/900 portion of the plurality of …

Mechanisms identify one or more first storage devices in a first tier of the tiered storage
system that may be placed in a minimal power consumption state and identify one or more …

Mechanisms for managing data segments in a tiered storage system are provided. The
mechanisms maintain at least one counter for each data segment in the tiered storage …

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One embodiment of the present invention provides a distributed, differential electronic-data
storage system that includes client computers, component data-storage systems, and a …

In response to a request by (or on behalf of) the selected host for extension of the? le
system, a manager (eg, executing on a further digital data processor) assigns one of more …

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6,463,509 B1* 10/2002 Teoman et al................ 711 137 ing resource is at the storage area
network level. The copy of 6,513,097 B1 1/2003 Beardsley the portion of data is accessed …

Managing data includes providing at least one logical device that maps sections of the
logical device to sections of at least two physical storage areas, where the at least two …

Disclosed is a method, system, and program for caching data. Data from a device, such as a
volatile memory device or non-volatile storage device, is maintained in entries in a cache …