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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 1994
Filed:
Oct. 24, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395600 ; 364D / ; 3642821 ; 3642831 ; 364281 ; 3642624 ; 364245 ; 3642452 ;
Abstract
In a computer system which includes storage units of a hierarchy structure, a method of relocating a file stored in a source storage unit includes the steps of determining an access indicator indicative of the efficiency of access to the file in response to a relocation instruction, determining a relocating destination storage unit of the file in the storage hierarchy, and relocating the file in the determined destination storage unit.