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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2009
Gregory John Tevis, Tucson, AZ (US);
Ofer Peretz, Haifa, IL;
Eran Raichstein, Haifa, IL;
David Gregory Van Hise, Tucson, AZ (US);
Oren Wolf, Bedford, MA (US);
Uri Wolloch, Haifa, IL;
Gregory John Tevis, Tucson, AZ (US);
Ofer Peretz, Haifa, IL;
Eran Raichstein, Haifa, IL;
David Gregory Van Hise, Tucson, AZ (US);
Oren Wolf, Bedford, MA (US);
Uri Wolloch, Haifa, IL;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Described is a method, system, and computer program product for selecting a data repository within a computing environment. The data repository can exist on multiple target computing systems as a logical entity called a volume or a file system. When selecting at least one data repository, a data protection system of the computing environment analyzes the incoming data from a source computing system, in conjunction with information describing the data repositories. The data repository information, or repository characteristic information, can be stored on a repository volume table (RVT) of the data protection system. By determining a weighted selection score from the analysis of all the information available to the data protection system, the data protection system can intelligently select a data repository for storing data from the source computing system. Further, by tracking repository characteristic information on a continuous or periodic basis, the data protection system can enable emulated views of data that has been stored on the data repositories of the computing environment.