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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2011
Applicants:
Dean D. Throop, Efland, NC (US);
Dennis Duprey, Raleigh, NC (US);
Inventors:
Dean D. Throop, Efland, NC (US);
Dennis Duprey, Raleigh, NC (US);
Assignee:
EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
According to one aspect, the subject matter described herein includes a method for controlling prioritization of tiering and spin down features in a data storage system. The method is performed at a data storage array comprising a plurality of physical data storage disks for storing data and includes identifying data that is infrequently accessed. The infrequently accessed data is relocated to a subset of the physical data storage disks designated for storing infrequently accessed data and the spin rate of the subset of the disks is reduced.