公开(公告)号：GB2529669B

公开(公告)日：2016-10-26

申请号：GB201415248

申请日：2014-08-28

Applicant: IBM

Inventor： GIOVANNI CHERUBINI ,  LLIAS LLIADIS ,  JENS JELITTO ,  VINODH VENKATESAN

IPC: G06F3/06

Abstract: A storage system and a method for storing a data segment, a storage capacity manager and a method for managing a capacity of a storage unit, and a storage tier relocation manager and a method for relocating a data segment. The storage system includes at least two storage tiers, an access pattern evaluator, a classification unit, a selector, and logic. The storage capacitor manager includes a monitoring unit and capacity managing unit. The storage tier relocation manager includes a target storage tier, the data segment relocated to the target storage tier, and a protection measure.