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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2020

Filed:

Jul. 07, 2015
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Robert B. Basham, Aloha, OR (US);

Joseph W. Dain, Vail, AZ (US);

Evangelos S. Eleftheriou, Rueschlikon, CH;

Dean Hildebrand, Bellingham, WA (US);

Stan Li, Austin, TX (US);

Edward H. W. Lin, Tucson, AZ (US);

Harold J. Roberson, II, Rochester, MN (US);

Slavisa Sarafijanovic, Adliswil, CH;

Thomas D. Weigold, Thalwil, CH;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0619 (2013.01); G06F 3/065 (2013.01); G06F 3/0665 (2013.01); G06F 3/0685 (2013.01);
Abstract

A computer program product is provided for efficiently managing storage in a multi-tiered storage system. The computer program product comprises a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith. The program instructions are executable by a processor to cause the processor to receive a command from an application, where the command is directed to at least one object. The program instructions are further executable by the processor to cause the processor to determine storage for the at least one object in a multi-tiered storage system based on the command, and store the at least one object in accordance with the determined storage.


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