SETTING OPTIMAL SPACE ALLOCATION POLICY FOR CREATING DEPENDENT SNAPSHOTS TO ENHANCE APPLICATION WRITE PERFORMANCE AND REDUCE RESOURCE USAGE

摘要

In one embodiment, a system includes a network storage controller having logic adapted for receiving a request to duplicate at least a portion of a volume stored on the first disk array, logic adapted for creating at least one dependent volume on the first disk array, and logic adapted for duplicating the at least the portion of the volume to the at least one dependent volume on the first disk array to create a snapshot. Other systems, computer program products, and methods are described according to more embodiments.