Patent ID: 6839815
Filing Date: 2005-01-04
Classification: G06F,H04L,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A storage management system, comprising: a storage on demand (SoD) center system; a local storage subsystem: a plurality of remote storage subsystems, each remote storage subsystem having an SoD resource manager that manages storage resources of said remote storage subsystem; and a software agent operable on a host computer, said software agent using said local storage subsystem to store information when said local storage subsystem can meet a storage request, said software agent communicating with the SoD center system when said local storage subsystem cannot meet said storage request; wherein said SoD center system, in response to a demand for storage resources from the host computer, automatically uses geographic criteria to select at least one of said plurality of remote storage subsystems to satisfy said demand; and wherein said SoD resource manager for said selected one of said remote storage subsystems allocates at least one of a plurality of resources to meet said demand.