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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2011
Applicants:
Teng Xu, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Windsor W. Hsu, San Jose, CA (US);
Lan Chin, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Techniques for data migration of a storage system are described herein. According to one embodiment, a list of files stored in a source storage tier is identified as candidate files to be migrated to a target storage tier based on a migration policy. One of a regular data movement method and a bulk data movement method is selected based on a characteristic of the candidate files. The candidate files are then migrated from the source storage tier to the target storage tier using the selected data movement method.