OBTAINING BIDDING FOR VOLUMES IN A STORAGE AREA NETWORK

A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided. For example, a computer program product may include a computer readable storage medium that is not a transitory signal having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a processor to: receive a bid r...

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Hauptverfasser: Condict, Michael N, Hinkle, Jonathan R
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided. For example, a computer program product may include a computer readable storage medium that is not a transitory signal having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a processor to: receive a bid request from a storage manager, wherein the bid request identifies a volume parameter of a volume to be created; determine a bid based on the current capacity of a data storage device to host the identified volume; and send the bid to the storage manager.