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Hierarchical performance system for managing a plurality of storage units with different access speeds

  • US 6,032,224 A
  • Filed: 12/03/1996
  • Issued: 02/29/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/03/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A computer having capabilities for hierarchical storage of data stored on plural data storage devices comprising physical media, said computer comprisingan interpreter that maps logical user read and write requests to physical block level read and write requests, each block being the smallest set of data that can be accessed on said physical media, said physical block level read and write requests indicating block numbers for data being requested, anda hierarchical performance driver having a disk driver interface for receiving said block level read and write requests from said interpreter, said hierarchical performance driver mapping said block numbers into physical blocks at relevant storage devices at which the blocks are actually stored, said hierarchical performance driver issuing instructions to read and write data from said plural data storage devices in response to said block level read and write requests, said plural data storage devices having different data access speeds, said hierarchical performance driver monitoring the rates of access of blocks of individual data stored on said data storage devices and transferring blocks of data from one said data storage device to another said data storage device as a function of the monitored rates of access.

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