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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2015
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Giovanni Cherubini, Rueschlikon, CH;
Ilias Iliadis, Rueschlikon, CH;
Jens Jelitto, Rueschlikon, CH;
Vinodh Venkatesan, Rueschlikon, CH;
Assignee:
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 11/34 (2006.01); G06F 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 11/30 (2006.01); G06F 16/00 (2019.01); G06F 11/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0619 (2013.01); G06F 3/0665 (2013.01); G06F 3/0685 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for storing a data segment in a storage tier of a storage unit comprising at least two storage tiers includes receiving the data segment to be stored including metadata; receiving metadata of data segments stored in the storage unit; and determining the storage tier to store the received data segment to and a protection level dependent on the metadata received and dependent on the metadata of the received data segment.