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Method of relocating file and system therefor

  • US 5,355,475 A
  • Filed: 10/24/1991
  • Issued: 10/11/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/30/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. In a computer system including storage units arranged in a storage hierarchy structure, a method of relocating a file stored in a source storage unit, said method being executed by a computer, comprising the steps of:

  • generating a relocate instruction, upon executing at least a job, in accordance with a difference between an expected execution time preset for the job and an actual execution time of the job in response to a user'"'"'s relocate request;

    determining an access indicator indicative of efficiency of access to the file in accordance with said relocate instruction;

    determining a destination storage unit in the storage hierarchy structure to which the file is to be relocated in accordance with the determined access indicator; and

    relocating the file to the determined destination storage unit.

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