US 11,914,861 B2
Projecting capacity in a storage system based on data reduction levels
John Colgrove, Los Altos, CA (US)
Assigned to PURE STORAGE, INC., Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed by PURE STORAGE, INC., Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/508,695.
Application 17/508,695 is a continuation of application No. 16/555,417, filed on Aug. 29, 2019, granted, now 11,163,448.
Application 16/555,417 is a continuation of application No. 14/847,796, filed on Sep. 8, 2015, granted, now 10,430,079, issued on Oct. 1, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/047,284, filed on Sep. 8, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2022/0043578 A1, Feb. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 3/06 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/0608 (2013.01) [G06F 3/067 (2013.01); G06F 3/0641 (2013.01); G06F 3/0689 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
9. A storage system comprising:
a plurality of storage devices; and
a storage controller comprising a processor operatively coupled to the plurality of storage devices configured to:
transmit data to be stored in a storage device of the plurality of storage devices of the storage system, wherein the storage system is characterized by a total storage capacity;
receive, from the storage device, an updated storage capacity of the storage device that is based on an amount of storage capacity saved by the storage device reducing the data;
determine an updated total storage capacity for the storage system based on the updated storage capacity of the storage device; and
represent the storage system as having the updated total storage capacity.