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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2016
Emc Ip Holding Company Llc, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Xinlei Xu, Beijing, CN;
Liam Xiongcheng Li, Beijing, CN;
Jian Gao, Beijing, CN;
Lifeng Yang, Beijing, CN;
Ruiyong Jia, Beijing, CN;
EMC IP Holding Company LLC, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Abstract
A method and an apparatus for data storage system are provided. The method comprises: receiving an I/O request from an upper layer, the I/O request including an I/O type identifier; determining an I/O type of the I/O request based on the I/O type identifier; and processing the I/O request based on the determined I/O type. The present disclosure also provides a corresponding apparatus. The method and the apparatus according to the present disclosure can determine a storage policy of corresponding data based on different I/O types to improve the overall system performance.