Patent №
US 8,656,133
Granted
2014-02-18
Filed 2011
Owner
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Lab
AI components
1
hardware
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
13101731
Auxiliary storage is segmented into different types of extents (i.e., ranges of storage), including extents with 4K blocks of storage, extents with 1M blocks of storage, empty extents, and mixed extents that include blocks of storage of various sizes (e.g., 4K blocks and 1M blocks). The auxiliary storage, and in particular, the extents and blocks of storage therein, are managed to reduce storage fragmentation and optimize system performance.
AI classification
Ownership
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
assignment · 262350500
Assignors
BROOKER, CHRISTOPHER G., FOSTER, ALFRED F., HUGHES, DUANE C., MARI, CHARLES E., MILLER, ROBERT, JR., MORGENSTERN, HARRIS M., OTTO, WALTER W., PARTLOW, STEVEN M., RANKIN, THOMAS F., TZORTZATOS, ELPIDA
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