Appeal No. 1999-0005
Application 08/188,001
rejection of claims 1, 2, 5-8, 11-13, 16, and 17 is
reversed.
Gniewek and Gelb
Gelb does not cure the deficiencies of Gniewek with
regard to claims 1 and 7. Accordingly, the rejection of
dependent claims 3, 4, 9, 10, 14, and 15 is reversed.
Gniewek and Leonhardt
The Examiner finds that "Leonhardt et al describe that
it is known in the art to record attribute information of
storage devices for mapping storage devices and data volumes
based on the attribute information (assigning a weighted
score) and create a prioritized list of matching drive
elements (storage devices) in order to select a storage
device for a requested data volume . . ." (EA10). The
Examiner concludes that it would have been obvious to assign
a weighted score to each PDSD and select a PDSD having a
weighted score indicating closest proximity to each
requested data volume in Gniewek in view of Leonhardt in
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