Enabling multiple storage tiers in a hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) cluster
US11635920B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 3, 2021 |
| Grant date | Apr 25, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 3, 2041 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2009/45595
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In certain embodiments, a computer system can create first and second pluralities of disk groups in a hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) cluster, where each disk group in the first plurality has capacity storage devices of a first type and each disk group in the second plurality has capacity storage devices of a second type. The computer system can further tag each disk group in the first plurality with a first disk group tag, tag each disk group in the second plurality with a second disk group tag, and create a storage policy that includes a placement rule identifying the first disk group tag. Then, at a time of provisioning a virtual machine (VM) in the HCI cluster that is associated with the storage policy, the computer system can place the VM on one or more of the first plurality of disk groups in accordance with the placement rule identifying the first disk group tag.
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