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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2011
Khang Can, Framingham, MA (US);
Xiangping Chen, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Kevin Bangyen Jiang, Waltham, MA (US);
Qin Tao, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Mark Ku, Wollaston, MA (US);
Khang Can, Framingham, MA (US);
Xiangping Chen, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Kevin Bangyen Jiang, Waltham, MA (US);
Qin Tao, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Mark Ku, Wollaston, MA (US);
EMC IP Holding Company LLC, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Abstract
A method is used in balancing I/O load on data storage systems. A slice is selected from a first storage container of a storage tier. The storage tier includes a second storage container. The slice is relocated from the first storage container of the storage tier to the second storage container of the storage tier, where I/O load of the first storage container is greater than I/O load of the second storage container.