ARCHIVE MIGRATION SYSTEM

• US 20160306796A1
• Filed: 02/15/2016
• Published: 10/20/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/20/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Devasthali, Snehal S., Gadre, Swanand S., Gujarathi, Nilesh R., Padmanabhan, Girish, Patil, Rajesh V.
• Granted Patent: US 9,892,138 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/214 Database migration support
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/219 Managing data history or versioning querying versioned data G06F16/2474; querying temporal data G06F16/2477
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0605 by facilitating the interaction with a user or administrator
• 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 computer detects that a threshold value associated with a storage capacity of a first storage account has been exceeded. The computer determines one or more other storage accounts to migrate a determined amount of data contained in the first storage account, wherein the determined one or more storage accounts are linked to the first storage account. The computer migrates the determined amount of data from the first storage account to the determined one or more other storage accounts.

Claims

1. A method for determining one or more accounts for the migration of data, comprising the steps of:

a computer detecting that a threshold value associated with a storage capacity of a first storage account has been exceeded;

the computer determining one or more other storage accounts for migration of a determined amount of data contained in the first storage account, wherein the determined one or more storage accounts are linked to the first storage account; and

the computer migrating the determined amount of data from the first storage account to the determined one or more other storage accounts.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of the computer determining one or more other storage accounts further comprises:

the computer receiving user input detailing a hierarchical list of storage accounts that may receive migrated data from the computer; and

the computer linking one or more storage accounts from the hierarchical list of storage accounts to the first storage account.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of the computer determining one or more other storage accounts further comprises:

the computer determining one or more storage accounts to link to the first storage account based on analyzing content of the determined amount of data to be migrated; and

the computer linking the determined one or more storage accounts.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

the computer sending a request to the determined one or more storage accounts requesting permission to migrate at least a portion of the determined amount of data.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of the computer determining one or more other storage accounts to migrate a determined amount of data further comprises:

the computer determining a second storage account and a third storage account to migrate the determined amount of data; and

the computer migrating a first portion of the determined amount of data to the second storage account and migrating a second portion of the determined amount of data to the third storage account.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising the step of the computer determining the first portion of the determined amount of data contains information that is associated with an owner of the second storage account and the second portion of the determined amount of data contains information that is associated with an owner of the third storage account.

7. The method of claim 5, further comprising the step of the computer transmitting a list to an owner associated with the first storage account, wherein the list includes information detailing that the first portion of the determined amount of data has been migrated to the second storage account and the second portion of the determined amount of data has been migrated to the third storage account.