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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2010
Filed:
May. 23, 2007
Murthy V. Devarakonda, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Jack P. Gelb, San Jose, CA (US);
Avijit Saha, Somers, NY (US);
Jimmy Paul Strickland, Saratoga, CA (US);
Murthy V. Devarakonda, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Jack P. Gelb, San Jose, CA (US);
Avijit Saha, Somers, NY (US);
Jimmy Paul Strickland, Saratoga, CA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Provided are data structures for use in storing data. A plurality of data structures are defined in a computer readable medium, wherein each data structure indicates a plurality of attributes and at least one function of a storage resource to store data. Policies are defined in the computer readable medium that associate data characteristics to data structures based on a correspondence of data characteristics and the attributes defined in the data structures, wherein each defined data structure is adapted to provide requirements to determine a storage resource to store associated data, and wherein the defined data structure is adapted to provide the storage resource with requirements for storing the data.