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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2015
Applicant:
Dell Products L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);
Inventors:
Michael J. Klemm, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Anthony Floeder, St. Anthony, MN (US);
Assignee:
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0689 (2013.01); G06F 3/061 (2013.01); G06F 3/0619 (2013.01); G06F 3/0631 (2013.01); G06F 3/0634 (2013.01);
Abstract
In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a method may include allocating to a higher-tier uniform distribution space an approximately equal capacity from each of a collection of physical disks of a common storage tier, wherein a tier of a physical disk indicates an importance of data to be stored on the physical disk and allocating to a lower-tier cold track space any portions of the physical disks not allocated to the higher-tier uniform distribution space.