- Patent Title: Dynamic tier remapping of data stored in a hybrid storage system
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Application No.: US15055770Application Date: 2016-02-29
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Publication No.: US10067880B2Publication Date: 2018-09-04
- Inventor: Joseph R. Edwards , Robert Galbraith , Adrian C. Gerhard , Daniel F. Moertl , Gowrisankar Radhakrishnan , Rick A. Weckwerth
- Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Kennedy Lenart Spraggins LLP
- Agent Joseph D. Downing; Robert R. Williams
- Main IPC: G06F12/00
- IPC: G06F12/00 ; G06F12/1009 ; G06F3/06

Abstract:
Disclosed are embodiments for supporting dynamic tier remapping of data stored in a hybrid storage system. One embodiment includes a storage controller and firmware, where the firmware maintains a plurality of mapping elements, where each mapping element includes a plurality of group identifiers, where each group identifier is configured to indicate a mapping of a logical block addresses, and where the storage controller performs: receiving a read command including a logical block address; parsing the logical block address to determine a mapping element and a group identifier; determining, for a particular mapping element of the plurality of elements, whether the particular mapping element is locked, wherein the particular mapping element corresponds to the mapping element of the logical block address; and dependent upon the particular mapping element, queuing the read command for firmware processing or remapping the logical block address.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170249255A1 DYNAMIC TIER REMAPPING OF DATA STORED IN A HYBRID STORAGE SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2017-08-31
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