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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2016
Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Shawn C. Andrews, Youngsville, NC (US);
David W. Cosby, Raleigh, NC (US);
Theodore B. Vojnovich, Raleigh, NC (US);
Lenovo Enterprise Solution (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Abstract
Host aware storage tiering including receiving, by a storage controller on a storage server, a disconnect signal indicating an end of a first client session for a client, wherein the first client session comprises accesses to a plurality of data blocks on the storage server; determining, by the storage controller, that at least one data block of the plurality of data blocks was moved to a first tier storage during the first client session; storing, by the storage controller, an indication that the at least one data block was moved to the first tier storage; receiving a connect signal indicating a beginning of a second client session for the client; and moving, in response to the connect signal, the at least one data block into the first tier storage.