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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2007
Dinesh C. Coca, Tucson, AZ (US);
James B. Engle, Tucson, AZ (US);
Melissa J. Garcia, Tucson, AZ (US);
Kevan D. Holdaway, Tucson, AZ (US);
Ivan R. Olguin, Ii, Tucson, AZ (US);
Dinesh C. Coca, Tucson, AZ (US);
James B. Engle, Tucson, AZ (US);
Melissa J. Garcia, Tucson, AZ (US);
Kevan D. Holdaway, Tucson, AZ (US);
Ivan R. Olguin, II, Tucson, AZ (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A storage device implements a file profiling mechanism to minimize fragmentation. A plurality of files is organized according to a high or low read/write access frequency. A plurality of unchanging file types are placed in a first grouping. A plurality of oscillating file types are placed in a second grouping adjacent to the first grouping. A plurality of the high frequency read/write access files which are growing file types are placed in a third grouping adjacent to the second grouping. A remainder of the growing file types not placed in the third grouping is defragmented. The remainder of the growing file types is then placed in a fourth grouping adjacent to the third grouping.