Patent ID: 8099576
Filing Date: 2012-01-17
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A data storage system, comprising: a processor configured to execute a storage operating system, the storage operating system, when executed, configured to organize a plurality of storage devices of the data storage system to form an aggregate of data storage devices, the aggregate of data storage devices to form a physical volume, the physical volume comprising a plurality of storage blocks, each storage block of the plurality of storage blocks comprising a physical volume block number (pvbn), the plurality of storage blocks to form a pvbn space; and the aggregate, when formed, configured to contain a plurality of virtual volumes, wherein a first virtual volume of the plurality of virtual volumes comprises a virtual volume identification (vvid), wherein a first storage block of the plurality of storage blocks of the first virtual volume is identified by a virtual volume block number (vvbn), and wherein the first storage block of the plurality of virtual volumes is identified by the pvbn, the vvid, and the vvbn.