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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2006
Filed:
May. 28, 2002
Zheng MI, Union City, CA (US);
Yuan Jiang, Fremont, CA (US);
Zheng Mi, Union City, CA (US);
Yuan Jiang, Fremont, CA (US);
Oracle International Corporation, Redwood Shores, CA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a method and system for archiving and compacting data in a data storage array. In one embodiment, a plurality of archivable files are identified, archived, and removed from a data storage array. A first configuration of the data storage array is then determined in which the free space on each of a plurality of data storage devices in the data storage array is calculated. A process is performed for moving a plurality of files from a first of the data storage devices to other data storage devices in the data storage array. The moving process is repeated to create a second configuration of the data storage array. In the second configuration, the first data storage device has a greater amount of free space than in the first configuration.