Patent · US Active

Method of migrating stored data and system thereof

US8856191B2 · kind B2 · utility

3Cited by
3References
16Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateAug 1, 2012
Grant dateOct 7, 2014
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 12, 2032

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F13/00
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

There is provided a storage system and a method of migrating a source data portion from a source logical volume to a destination range in a destination logical volume. The method comprises: configuring a source mapping data structure to comprise an entry associated with said source data portion and indicative of mapping between logical addresses corresponding to said source data portion and addresses corresponding to said source data portion and related to a physical address space; and, responsive to a migration command, configuring a destination mapping data structure to comprise an entry associated with said at least one destination range and comprising a reference to said entry in the source mapping data structure, said entry in the source mapping data structure to be used for mapping to said addresses related to said physical address space and corresponding to the source data portion and to the migrated data portion.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.