公开(公告)号：GB2514354A

公开(公告)日：2014-11-26

申请号：GB201309062

申请日：2013-05-20

Applicant: IBM

Inventor： HUTCHISON GORDON DOUGLAS ,  ROGERS NOLAN ,  SMITH BRUCE ,  PARKES JON

IPC: G06F11/30 ,  G06F3/06

Abstract: A storage system consists of number of storage devices. The storage devices have a limit on the number operations of that can be performed on the device. The devices may be solid state devices, which have a limit on the number of program/erase cycles performed. The storage system estimates the date that each device will reach the limit. For each date, it then calculates how many devices will reach the limit within a predetermined period of time of that date. If the number of devices divided by the period is greater than the average rate of all devices reaching the limit, then an action is carried out to reduce the number. The action may increase the number of operations to a device estimated to reach the limit before the date. The action may decrease the number of operations to a device estimated to reach the limit after the date.

公开(公告)号：GB2508922A

公开(公告)日：2014-06-18

申请号：GB201222706

申请日：2012-12-17

Applicant: IBM

Inventor： BITTLES WILLIAM ,  COCKBURN GORDON ,  MCCARTHY TIMOTHY FINBAR ,  WHITE STEVEN ,  PARKES JON

IPC: H04Q1/14

Abstract: Controlling modification of storage area network (SAN) fabric cabling by physical locks, using control signals, generated in dependence on the processing of cable modification requests, which are adapted to control a physical lock associated with the SAN component so as to permit or prevent modification of SAN fabric cabling.