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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2015
Applicant:
Emc Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Inventor:
J. Michael Dunbar, Brimfield, MA (US);
Assignee:
EMC IP Holding Company LLC, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0647 (2013.01); G06F 3/0604 (2013.01); G06F 3/0638 (2013.01); G06F 3/0689 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method is used in managing data in storage systems. A request is received to write data. A determination is made as to whether the data associated with the request can be relocated to a storage tier of a set of storage tiers based on a policy. The set of storage tiers includes first and second storage tiers. The first and second storage tiers are configured such that performance characteristics associated with the first storage tier is different from the second storage tier. Relocation of the data is managed to the storage tier of the set of storage tiers.