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Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2015

Filed:

Mar. 31, 2009
Applicants:

Martin Jess, Erie, CO (US);

Rodney A. Dekoning, Wichita, KS (US);

Brian D. Mckean, Longmont, CO (US);

Inventors:

Martin Jess, Erie, CO (US);

Rodney A. DeKoning, Wichita, KS (US);

Brian D. McKean, Longmont, CO (US);

Assignee:

LSI Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0665 (2013.01); G06F 3/061 (2013.01); G06F 3/0641 (2013.01); G06F 3/0689 (2013.01);
Abstract

System and method for dynamic storage tiering are disclosed. A storage hot-spot in a first storage pool is detected. A first point-in-time copy of a virtual volume including the storage hot-spot is created in a second storage pool according to the detecting. Write requests directed to the virtual volume are redirected to the second storage pool. When decreased I/O activity directed to the storage hot-spot in the second storage pool is detected, the point-in-time copy in the second storage pool is reintegrated into at least one of a second point-in-time copy or the virtual volume.


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