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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2012
Applicant:
Nexgen Storage, Inc., Louisville, CO (US);
Inventors:
Paul A. Ashmore, Longmont, CO (US);
Kelly E. Long, Westminster, CO (US);
Sebastian Piotr Sobolewski, Broomfield, CO (US);
Assignee:
NexGen Storage, Inc., Louisville, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 11/34 (2006.01); G06F 11/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/16 (2013.01); G06F 3/061 (2013.01); G06F 3/0608 (2013.01); G06F 3/0619 (2013.01); G06F 3/0641 (2013.01); G06F 3/0649 (2013.01); G06F 3/0685 (2013.01); G06F 11/3433 (2013.01); G06F 11/3485 (2013.01); G06F 11/2005 (2013.01); G06F 11/2089 (2013.01); G06F 11/2094 (2013.01); G06F 11/3409 (2013.01); G06F 2201/88 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention is directed to a primary data storage system for use in a computer network in which a network allows user computers to transfer data to/from the primary data storage system. In one embodiment, the primary data storage system implements a tiering strategy to move data between stores with different characteristics so as to match the characteristics of the data to the characteristics of one of the stores.