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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2004
Applicants:
Adnan Sahin, Brookline, MA (US);
Sachin More, Westborough, MA (US);
Paul F. Hale, Hudson, MA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
This invention is a system and method for preparing workload data that may be accessed in a data storage environment and then replayed for testing or other reasons. The invention has the capability to prepare a trace of I/Os to a data storage system for an extended period of time for replaying these I/Os back to that or another system. Variables may also be manipulated through a preparation process and is particularly useful for customizing benchmarking tests, or consolidation, or trouble-shooting, or capacity planning.