MIGRATING DATA ACROSS STORAGES WITH DISSIMILAR ALLOCATION SIZES

• US 20140310493A1
• Filed: 04/11/2013
• Published: 10/16/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/11/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kyndryl Incorporated
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Pace, Richard Grove
• Application Number:
  US13/861,312
• Publication Number:
  US 20140310493A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 711/165
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0604 Improving or facilitating administration, e.g. storage management
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0638 Organizing or formatting or addressing of data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0647 Migration mechanisms
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/067 Distributed or networked storage systems, e.g. storage area networks [SAN], network attached storage [NAS]

Abstract

A method, system, and computer program product for migrating data across storages with dissimilar allocation sizes are provided in the illustrative embodiments. A determination is made of a minimum allocation unit size used for allocating space to a data at a source data storage device. A number of first minimum allocation units of a first minimum allocation unit size at a target data storage device is computed, wherein the number of first minimum allocation units can be completely occupied by a portion of the data. An amount of data left over after excluding the portion of the data from the data is computed. The portion of the data is migrated to the number of first minimum allocation units at the target. The amount of data left over is migrated to a second number of second minimum allocation units of a second minimum allocation unit size at the target.

Claims

1. A method for migrating data across storages with dissimilar allocation sizes, the method comprising:

determining, by a processor at a first data processing system, a minimum allocation unit size used for allocating space to a data at a source data storage device;

computing, by a processor at a first data processing system, a number of first minimum allocation units of a first minimum allocation unit size at a target data storage device, wherein the number of first minimum allocation units can be completely occupied by a portion of the data;

computing, by a processor at a first data processing system, an amount of data left over after excluding the portion of the data from the data;

migrating, by a processor at a first data processing system, the portion of the data to the number of first minimum allocation units at the target; and

migrating, by a processor at a first data processing system, the amount of data left over to a second number of second minimum allocation units of a second minimum allocation unit size at the target.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the target allocates a first portion of the target'"'"'s data storage space in first minimum allocation units of the first minimum allocation unit size, and wherein the target allocates a second portion of the target'"'"'s data storage space in second minimum allocation units of the second minimum allocation unit size.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the migrating leaves no unused space in the number of the first minimum allocation units after all the data is migrated to the target.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

migrating, by a processor at a first data processing system, responsive to no amount of the data being left over, the data from the source data storage device into the number of first minimum allocation units at the target data storage device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein data is non-disruptively migrated from the source to the target while the data is being used at the source, further comprising:

adjusting, by a processor at a first data processing system, a request for additional space allocation for the data at the source.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the source allocates space according to a source minimum allocation unit size, and wherein the adjusting comprises rounding up the request such that the source allocates an additional space to the data wherein the additional space is of the first minimum allocation unit size.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the first minimum allocation unit size is a number of cylinders and the second minimum allocation unit size is a number of tracks.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the second minimum allocation unit size is the same as a source minimum allocation unit size used in storing the data at the source.

9. A computer program product comprising one or more computer-readable tangible storage devices and computer-readable program instructions which are stored on the one or more storage devices and when executed by one or more processors, perform the method of claim 1.

10. A computer system comprising one or more processors, one or more computer-readable memories, one or more computer-readable tangible storage devices and program instructions which are stored on the one or more storage devices for execution by the one or more processors via the one or more memories and when executed by the one or more processors perform the method of claim 1.

11. A computer program product for migrating data across storages with dissimilar allocation sizes, the computer program product comprising:

one or more computer-readable tangible storage devices;

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to determine a minimum allocation unit size used for allocating space to a data at a source data storage device;

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to compute a number of first minimum allocation units of a first minimum allocation unit size at a target data storage device, wherein the number of first minimum allocation units can be completely occupied by a portion of the data;

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to compute an amount of data left over after excluding the portion of the data from the data;

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to migrate the portion of the data to the number of first minimum allocation units at the target; and

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to migrate the amount of data left over to a second number of second minimum allocation units of a second minimum allocation unit size at the target.

12. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the target allocates a first portion of the target'"'"'s data storage space in first minimum allocation units of the first minimum allocation unit size, and wherein the target allocates a second portion of the target'"'"'s data storage space in second minimum allocation units of the second minimum allocation unit size.

13. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to migrate leaves no unused space in the number of the first minimum allocation units after all the data is migrated to the target.

14. The computer program product of claim 11, further comprising:

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to migrate responsive to no amount of the data being left over, the data from the source data storage device into the number of first minimum allocation units at the target data storage device.

15. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein data is non-disruptively migrated from the source to the target while the data is being used at the source, further comprising:

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to adjust a request for additional space allocation for the data at the source.

16. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the source allocates space according to a source minimum allocation unit size, and wherein the adjusting comprises rounding up the request such that the source allocates an additional space to the data wherein the additional space is of the first minimum allocation unit size.

17. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the first minimum allocation unit size is a number of cylinders and the second minimum allocation unit size is a number of tracks.

18. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the second minimum allocation unit size is the same as a source minimum allocation unit size used in storing the data at the source.

19. A computer system for migrating data across storages with dissimilar allocation sizes, the computer system comprising:

one or more processors, one or more computer-readable memories and one or more computer-readable tangible storage devices;

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, to determine a minimum allocation unit size used for allocating space to a data at a source data storage device;

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, to compute a number of first minimum allocation units of a first minimum allocation unit size at a target data storage device, wherein the number of first minimum allocation units can be completely occupied by a portion of the data;

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, to compute an amount of data left over after excluding the portion of the data from the data;

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, to migrate the portion of the data to the number of first minimum allocation units at the target; and

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, to migrate the amount of data left over to a second number of second minimum allocation units of a second minimum allocation unit size at the target.

20. The computer system of claim 19, wherein the target allocates a first portion of the target'"'"'s data storage space in first minimum allocation units of the first minimum allocation unit size, and wherein the target allocates a second portion of the target'"'"'s data storage space in second minimum allocation units of the second minimum allocation unit size.