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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2007
Jian J. Huang, Beijing, CN;
Zhe Xiang, Beijing, CN;
Velnambi Yogalingam, San Jose, CA (US);
Kai Gee Hoong Young, San Jose, CA (US);
Jian J. Huang, Beijing, CN;
Zhe Xiang, Beijing, CN;
Velnambi Yogalingam, San Jose, CA (US);
Kai Gee Hoong Young, San Jose, CA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and system to reorganize a storage structure by generating correlation data that represents relationships between storage blocks of a storage structure, generating a block allocation scheme for the storage structure, determining a block reorganization operation, performing the block reorganization operation, and updating a virtual map. In certain embodiments, the system may include multiple host computers, a data storage subsystem, and multiple storage structures. The storage structures may include a hard disk, an array of hard disks, an IBM TotalStorage™ system, and a hierarchical storage system with RAID.