Storage policy monitoring for a storage network
US8195627B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 30, 2005 |
| Grant date | Jun 5, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 15, 2025 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/1827
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The present invention provides selective migration in a storage network in accordance with a policy. The policy can include rules that establish which objects are migrated from a source file server to a destination file server based on file attributes (e.g., file type, file size, last access time, frequency of access). For example, large multimedia files that consume I/O bandwidth on expensive or critical file servers, without adding much value to enterprise productivity, can be migrated to a commodity or less critical file server.
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