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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2012
Emc Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Aaron T. Smith, Sudbury, MA (US);
Edward Brennan, Scituate, MA (US);
Keith Meyer, Southborough, MA (US);
Adnan Sahin, Needham, MA (US);
Mark Nadler, Westborough, MA (US);
John O. Williams, II, Florence, KY (US);
Jesse D. Keefe, Florence, KY (US);
EMC IP Holding Company LLC, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Abstract
An information processing system comprises a centralized database and at least one processing device implementing a selection algorithm for automated provisioning and management of a plurality of storage arrays based on information collected from the storage arrays and stored in the centralized database. The information stored in the centralized database may comprise at least one of storage utilization, performance, network bandwidth and end of service for each of the storage arrays. The selection algorithm is configured to determine optimal placement of data across the storage arrays based on the information stored in the centralized database. For example, the selection algorithm may be configured to determine one or more locations within the plurality of storage arrays to allocate as new storage responsive to a provisioning request.