Patent ID: 8402245
Filing Date: 2013-03-19
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer system comprising at least a memory and a processor, the processor coupled to an execution module configured to: monitor execution of an application program on the computer system; dynamically determine if the application program requires additional data blocks for continued execution; allocate free data blocks to a native file system from at least one other file system in a group of file systems for performing uninterrupted execution of the application program, wherein the at least one other file system is selected from the group of file systems; reduce a size of storage space of the at least one other file system in response to a file system specific call on the at least one other file system; reduce a size of a logical volume of the at least one other file system to match a reduced size of the at least one other file system using a logical volume specific function called on a volume group; increase a logical volume size of the native file system borrowing said free data blocks to utilize free disk space freed by the logical volume of the at least one other file system; and update a status of the native file system and a status of the at least one other file system.