Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Placement and movement of sub-units of a storage unit in a tiered storage environment
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Application No.: US15847625Application Date: 2017-12-19
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Publication No.: US10671284B2Publication Date: 2020-06-02
- Inventor: Bradley S. Powers , Gail A. Spear , Teena N. Werley
- 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: Konrad Raynes Davda & Victor LLP
- Agent Rabindranath Dutta
- Main IPC: G06F3/06
- IPC: G06F3/06
Abstract:
A storage controller configures a plurality of storage tiers. A sub-unit of a storage unit is maintained in a selected storage tier of the plurality of storage tiers, for at least a predetermined duration of time subsequent to an input/output (I/O) request for the sub-unit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180107393A1 PLACEMENT AND MOVEMENT OF SUB-UNITS OF A STORAGE UNIT IN A TIERED STORAGE ENVIRONMENT Public/Granted day:2018-04-19
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