Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Controlling preemptive work balancing in data storage
- Patent Title (中): 控制数据存储中的抢占式工作平衡
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Application No.: US12053582Application Date: 2008-03-22
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Publication No.: US07930505B2Publication Date: 2011-04-19
- Inventor: Robert B. Nicholson , Carlos Francisco Fuente , Stephen P. Legg
- Applicant: Robert B. Nicholson , Carlos Francisco Fuente , Stephen P. Legg
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agent Jennifer Anda
- Priority: GB0419599 20040903
- Main IPC: G06F12/00
- IPC: G06F12/00 ; G06F13/00 ; G06F13/28

Abstract:
A storage network control apparatus is operable to present virtualized storage to a host system and includes a monitoring component, an analysis component, a detection component, and a migration component. The monitoring component is for monitoring input/output (I/O) activity for virtual storage logical units over time. The analysis component is for identifying a repeating instance of peak I/O activity for a virtual storage logical unit over time and for generating a predictive signature therefrom. The detecting component is for identifying an instance of such a predictive signature. The migration component is responsive to the detecting component, and is for migrating data mapped by the virtual storage logical unit across additional real storage units to improve the I/O performance of the virtual storage logical unit prior to a recurrence of the repeating instance of peak I/O activity. A corresponding logic arrangement may be incorporated in hardware, software or a combination thereof.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080168211A1 Controlling preemptive work balancing in data storage Public/Granted day:2008-07-10
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