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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2015
Applicant:
Emc Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Inventor:
Michael Trachtman, Arlington, MA (US);
Assignee:
EMC IP Holding Company LLC, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0611 (2013.01); G06F 3/065 (2013.01); G06F 3/0619 (2013.01); G06F 3/0685 (2013.01); G06F 3/0647 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method, computer program product, and computing system for identifying a data portion having temporally-variable utilization. A utilization schedule is defined for the data portion, wherein the utilization schedule defines at least one high-utilization temporal period and at least one low-utilization temporal period. The data portion is accessed through a higher-performance storage system during the high-utilization temporal period. The data portion is accessed through a lower-performance storage system during the low-utilization temporal period.