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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2014
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Lawrence Y. Chiu, Saratoga, CA (US);
Sangeetha Seshadri, San Jose, CA (US);
Yang Zhou, Atlanta, GA (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods and arrangements for selecting a migration decision window for hotspots in a multi-tier enterprise storage system. Aspects include collecting usage statistics for data stored in the multi-tier enterprise storage system, identifying hotspots from data stored in the multi-tier enterprise storage system based on the usage statistics, and determining one or more characteristics of the identified hotspots. Aspects further include calculating an average lifespan of the identified hotspots based on the one or more characteristics of the identified hotspots and selecting the migration decision window based on the average lifespan of the identified hotspots and the one or more characteristics of the identified hotspots.