Intelligent data migration within a flash storage array
US10564884B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 17, 2017 |
| Grant date | Feb 18, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 17, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11C11/4096
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Migrating data in a storage array that includes a plurality of storage devices, including: detecting, by the storage array, an occurrence of a storage device evacuation event associated with one or more source storage devices; responsive to detecting the occurrence of the storage device evacuation event, identifying, by the storage array, one or more target storage devices for receiving data stored on the one or more source storage devices; reducing, by the storage array, write access to the one or more source storage devices; and migrating the data stored on the one or more source storage devices to the one or more target storage devices.
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