Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus to manage tier information
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Application No.: US14169674Application Date: 2014-01-31
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Publication No.: US09753668B2Publication Date: 2017-09-05
- Inventor: Shinichi Hayashi
- Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Mattingly & Malur, PC
- Main IPC: G06F3/06
- IPC: G06F3/06

Abstract:
A method of tier management of data comprises performing a tier migration log information setup process which includes selecting an area specified by a virtual volume address and a logical volume address; determining a destination tier for the area based on a number of accesses to the area; and updating a tier migration log information by inputting the determined destination tier and a time; and performing a process using the tier migration log information to determine whether to migrate a specific area which includes loading a tier migration log from the tier migration log information by selecting a specific time; checking if a current tier of the specific area equals a destination tier specified by the tier migration log; and if the current tier is not equal to the destination tier, migrating the specific area to the destination tier.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140149707A1 METHOD AND APPARATUS TO MANAGE TIER INFORMATION Public/Granted day:2014-05-29
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