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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2014
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Yong Guo, Shanghai, CN;
Bruce McNutt, Gilroy, CA (US);
Tao Tang, Shanghai, CN;
Yan Xu, Tucson, AZ (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0619 (2013.01); G06F 3/0665 (2013.01); G06F 3/0689 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method, for migrating newly allocated data into a second storage tier, includes receiving a request to store a data item. The method includes allocating an extent to a first storage tier to store the new data item. The method includes determining whether an extent is newly allocated on the first storage tier. The method includes migrating, by avoiding a learning phase, the newly allocated extent to the second storage tier from the first storage tier.