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Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2014

Filed:

Dec. 31, 2010
Applicants:

Windsor W. Hsu, San Jose, CA (US);

Teng Xu, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Windsor W. Hsu, San Jose, CA (US);

Teng Xu, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Assignee:

EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0647 (2013.01); G06F 3/065 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method, article of manufacture, and apparatus for transferring data from a source tier to a target tier. In some embodiments, this may include applying a policy to an object in the source tier, determining the target tier based on the policy, and moving the object from the source tier to the target tier based on the policy. In some embodiments, determining the target tier based on the policy may include determining a higher target tier. In some embodiments, determining the target tier based on the policy may include determining a lower target tier.


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Hsu, Windsor. (2014). Policy based storage tiering (U.S. Patent No. 8886901). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8886901

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