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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2012
Emc Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Scott Ostapovicz, Franklin, MA (US);
Stephen J. Todd, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Abstract
Some embodiments are directed to an object addressable storage (OAS) system that stores a plurality of objects, a method for use in an OAS system and at least one non-transitory computer readable storage medium encoded with instruction that, when performed by a computer perform a method for use in an OAS system. Each object may include a plurality of portions. A tiered storage environment comprising a plurality of storage tiers may be used. In response to a command a storage tier may be selected for each portion of the object. The OAS system may store at least one of the plurality of portions in a respective selected storage tier such that the object is stored in the OAS system with each of the portions being stored in its respective selected storage tier.