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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2013
Applicant:
Emc Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Inventors:
Stalinsaravanakumar Thangapalam, Bangalore, IN;
Anoop George Ninan, Milford, MA (US);
Katakam Gangadhar, Bangalore, IN;
Assignee:
EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/12 (2006.01); G06F 13/38 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0689 (2013.01); G06F 3/0604 (2013.01); G06F 3/0655 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus to create a volume using an automated storage tier policy and a virtual storage tier from storage pools having a plurality of disk types. In one embodiment, a utilization percentage for the storage virtual tiers is used.