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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2014
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Juan A. Coronado, Tucson, AZ (US);
Lisa R. Martinez, Escondido, CA (US);
Beth A. Peterson, Tucson, AZ (US);
Jennifer S. Shioya, Vail, AZ (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a method for preemptively migrating a failing extent includes receiving information of one or more failure conditions associated with an extent stored in a first storage portion of a first storage tier; predicting a failure of the extent based on the information; selecting a second storage portion located in the first storage tier, a higher storage tier, and/or a lower storage tier; and migrating the extent to the selected second storage portion.