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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2017
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Rishika Kedia, Bangalore, IN;
Anbazhagan Mani, Bangalore, IN;
Ranjith Rajagopalan Nair, Bangalore, IN;
Subramaniyan Nallasivam, Bangalore, IN;
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0608 (2013.01); G06F 3/061 (2013.01); G06F 3/067 (2013.01); G06F 3/0619 (2013.01); G06F 3/0649 (2013.01); G06F 3/0665 (2013.01); G06F 3/0689 (2013.01);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method according to one embodiment includes identifying data stored within a first virtual storage tier of a storage system, analyzing one or more characteristics of the data, and conditionally transferring the data from the first virtual storage tier of the storage system to a second virtual storage tier of the storage system, based on the analyzing.