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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2007
Applicants:
Michel Fisher, Natick, MA (US);
Stephen Todd, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Inventors:
Michel Fisher, Natick, MA (US);
Stephen Todd, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Assignee:
EMC IP Holding Company LLC, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 1/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0625 (2013.01); G06F 1/325 (2013.01); G06F 3/067 (2013.01); G06F 3/0643 (2013.01); G06F 3/0665 (2013.01); Y02B 60/1246 (2013.01);
Abstract
Some embodiments of the invention relate to selecting a data protection scheme, such as, for example, mirroring or RAID, for a content unit based on power-related metadata associated with the content unit. The data protection strategy selected for a content unit may impact the amount of power that a storage system consumes.