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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2021
Filed:
May. 04, 2018
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Alexander H. Ainscow, Winchester, GB;
Duo Chen, Shanghai, CN;
John M. Clifton, Hertford, GB;
Kushal Patel, Pune, IN;
Sarvesh Patel, Pune, IN;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a method, computer system, and computer program product for adjusting tiering based on operation types in a multi-tier storage system is provided. The present invention may include retrieving an extent to be managed and operations associated with the extent; analyzing the operations of the extent to determine an IO pattern associated with the extent; receiving a list of storage devices within the multi-tier storage system; querying each storage device of the storage devices for suitable pattern types; selecting, based on the querying and the IO pattern associated with the extent, a suitable storage device; and transferring the extent to the suitable storage device.