Data storage system and method

A method for operating a disk controller 16 comprises the steps of allocating a first amount of disk space for a compressed data unit as a first predetermined percentage of an uncompressed size of the data unit and increasing the allocation by a second predetermined percentage that is less than the...

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Hauptverfasser: MENON, JAISHANKAR M, BRADY, JAMES T
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Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
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Zusammenfassung:A method for operating a disk controller 16 comprises the steps of allocating a first amount of disk space for a compressed data unit as a first predetermined percentage of an uncompressed size of the data unit and increasing the allocation by a second predetermined percentage that is less than the first predetermined percentage to obtain a total amount of allocated disk space.