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US08918613B2 Storage apparatus and data management method for storage area allocation based on access frequency
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基于访问频率的存储区域分配的存储设备和数据管理方法
- Patent Title: Storage apparatus and data management method for storage area allocation based on access frequency
- Patent Title (中): 基于访问频率的存储区域分配的存储设备和数据管理方法
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Application No.: US13061651Application Date: 2011-02-02
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Publication No.: US08918613B2Publication Date: 2014-12-23
- Inventor: Tomoyuki Kato , Masami Maeda , Yutaka Takata
- Applicant: Tomoyuki Kato , Masami Maeda , Yutaka Takata
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Foley & Lardner LLP
- International Application: PCT/JP2011/000587 WO 20110202
- International Announcement: WO2012/104912 WO 20120809
- Main IPC: G06F12/00
- IPC: G06F12/00 ; G06F3/06 ; G06F17/30

Abstract:
Provided are a storage apparatus and data management method with which the usage ratio of each of the storage tiers is determined beforehand for each virtual volume and data can be managed by being migrated between storage tiers within a range of predetermined usage ratios.A storage apparatus 5, comprising storage devices 30 of a plurality of types of varying performance; and a controller 31 which manages each of storage areas provided by the storage devices 30 of a plurality of types by means of storage tiers ST of a plurality of different types respectively, and which assigns the storage areas in page units to virtual volumes VVOL from any storage tier among the storage tiers ST of a plurality of types, the controller 31 managing usage ratios of the storage tiers ST of a plurality of types and assigning the storage areas in page units to the virtual volumes VVOL based on the usage ratio managed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120198151A1 STORAGE APPARATUS AND DATA MANAGEMENT METHOD Public/Granted day:2012-08-02
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