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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2017
Filed:
May. 16, 2012
Lawrence Y. Chiu, Saratoga, CA (US);
Chao Guang LI, Shanghai, CN;
Yang Liu, Shanghai, CN;
Paul H. Muench, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Lawrence Y. Chiu, Saratoga, CA (US);
Chao Guang Li, Shanghai, CN;
Yang Liu, Shanghai, CN;
Paul H. Muench, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method to optimize workload across a plurality of storage devices of a storage system, where the method monitors a workload of a first storage device belonging to a first tier of the storage system, calculates a performance of the workload of the first storage device belonging to a first tier of the storage system, interpolates a performance threshold for the first storage device using the workload pattern of the first storage device and a profile of the first storage device, the profile identifying a benchmark performance of the first storage device, and optimizes a usage of the first storage device within the storage system to improve a performance of the first storage device.