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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2019
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Pablo Martinez Lerin, Waltham, MA (US);
HITACHI, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In some examples, a computing device may determine an estimated available capacity at a future time for respective storage nodes of a plurality of storage nodes. The computing device may compare the estimated available capacity of a first one of the storage nodes at the future time with the estimated available capacity of a second one of the storage nodes at the future time. Based at least in part on determining that a difference between the estimated available capacity of the first storage node and the estimated available capacity of the second storage node exceeds a threshold difference, determining an amount of data to move from the first storage node. The computing device may cause data to be moved from the first storage node to cause the difference between the available capacity of the first storage node and the available capacity of the second storage node to be reduced.