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Storage system and data processing method

US10120601B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 24, 2014
Grant dateNov 6, 2018
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Expiry dateJul 20, 2034

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F2212/60
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

It is provided a storage system, comprising: a first storage device; a second storage device higher in I/O performance than the first storage device; a data amount reducing part configured to reduce a data amount of write data from a host computer; and a controller. The controller is configured to: change the storage area that is allocated to the specified logical area to a relocation destination storage area; manage an I/O load of the data and a reduction ratio of the data requested by the write request from the host computer to be written; determine whether or not data relocation is necessary by using the load per capacity reduction unit that is based on a size of the data reduced by the data amount reduction unit; and relocate the data that is determined as needing relocation between the first storage device and the second storage device.

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