System, method, and computer program product for avoiding recall operations in a tiered data storage system

• US 8,621,170 B2
• Filed: 01/05/2011
• Issued: 12/31/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 01/05/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Lehr, Douglas L., McCune, Franklin E., Reed, David C., Smith, Max D.
• Primary Examiner(s): Chery, Mardochee
• Application Number:
  US12/985,294
• Publication Number:
  US 20120173833A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,091 Days
• Field of Search: 711/117, 711/161, 711/162, 711/170, 711/165, 711/E12.002
• US Class Current: 711/165
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 12/08 in hierarchically structured memory systems, e.g. virtual memory systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/185 Hierarchical storage management [HSM] systems, e.g. file migration or policies thereof details of archiving G06F16/11
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/061 Improving I/O performance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0649 Lifecycle management
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/067 Distributed or networked storage systems, e.g. storage area networks [SAN], network attached storage [NAS]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0685 Hybrid storage combining heterogeneous device types, e.g. hierarchical storage, hybrid arrays

Abstract

According to one embodiment, a system includes logic adapted to: receive a request to open an existing data set indicating a write operation, receive new data to write to the existing data set, determine that the existing data set is stored on a lower tier of a tiered data storage system, determine that the existing data set is capable of being updated by appending the new data to an end of the existing data set, create a temporary data set on a higher tier of the tiered data storage system comprising the new data, associate the temporary data set on the higher tier of the tiered data storage system with the existing data set on the lower tier of the tiered data storage system, and create a write indicator associated with the new data set indicating that the new data set belongs at the end of the existing data set.

Claims

1. A system for updating an existing data set on a tiered data storage system, the system comprising:

logic integrated with and/or executable by a hardware processor, the logic being configured to;

receive a request to open an existing data set, the open indicating a write operation for the existing data set;

receive new data to write to the existing data set;

determine that the existing data set is stored on a lower tier of a tiered data storage system;

determine whether the existing data set on the lower tier is capable of being updated by appending the new data to an end of the existing data set;

create a temporary data set on a higher tier of the tiered data storage system comprising the new data when the existing data set is capable of being updated by appending the new data to an end of the existing data set;

associate the temporary data set on the higher tier of the tiered data storage system with the existing data set on the lower tier of the tiered data storage system; and

create a write indicator associated with the temporary data set indicating that the temporary data set belongs at the end of the existing data set.

2. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the logic is further configured to migrate the temporary data set from the higher tier to the lower tier of the tiered data storage system while maintaining the association with the existing data set.

3. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the logic is further configured to determine that a status indicator associated with the existing data set is set to migrated status.

4. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the logic is further configured to determine that an indicator associated with the existing data set indicates that the existing data set is capable of adding new data to an end of the existing data set.

5. The system as recited in claim 4, wherein the existing data set is one of:

a partitioned data set (PDS), a physical sequential file, or a virtual storage access method (VSAM) file, and wherein the logic is further configured to migrate the existing data set to the higher tier and the new data is written thereto when the existing data set is not capable of being updated by appending the new data to the end of the existing data set.

6. The system as recited in claim 1, with the proviso that the existing data set is not moved to the higher tier of the tiered data storage system in order to write the new data.

7. A method for updating a data set on a tiered data storage system, the method comprising:

receiving a request to open an existing data set, the open indicating a write operation for the existing data set;

receiving new data to write to the existing data set;

determining that the existing data set is stored on a lower tier of a tiered data storage system;

determining that the existing, data set is capable of being updated by appending the new data to an end of the existing data set;

creating a temporary data set on a higher tier of the tiered data storage system comprising the new data;

associating the temporary data set on the higher tier of the tiered data storage system with the existing data set on the lower tier of the tiered data storage system; and

creating a write indicator associated with the new data set indicating that the new data set belongs at the end of the existing data set.

8. The method as recited in claim 7, further comprising migrating the temporary data set to the lower tier of the tiered data storage system while maintaining the association with the existing data set.

9. The method as recited in claim 7, further comprising determining that a status indicator associated with the existing data set is set to migrated status.

10. The method as recited in claim 7, further comprising determining that an indicator associated with the existing data set indicates that the existing data set is capable of adding new data to an end of the existing data set.

11. The method as recited in claim 10, wherein the existing data set is one of:

a partitioned data set (PDS), a physical sequential file, or a virtual storage access method (VSAM) file.

12. The method as recited in claim 7, with the proviso that the existing data set is not moved to the higher tier of the tiered data storage system in order to write the new data.

13. A computer program product for updating an existing data set on a tiered data storage system, comprising:

a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising;

computer readable program code configured to receive a request to open an existing data set, the open indicating a write operation for the existing data set;

computer readable program code configured to receive new data to write to the existing data set;

computer readable program code configured to determine that the existing data set is stored on a lower tier of a tiered data storage system;

computer readable program code configured to determine that the existing data set is capable of being updated by appending the new data to an end of the existing data set;

computer readable program code configured to create a temporary data set on a higher tier of the tiered data storage system comprising the new data;

computer readable program code configured to associate the temporary data set on the higher tier of the tiered data storage system with the existing data set on the lower tier of the tiered data storage system;

computer readable program code configured to create a write indicator associated with the new data set indicating that the new data set belongs at the end of the existing data set;

computer readable program code configured to migrate the temporary data set to the lower tier of the tiered data storage system while maintaining the association with the existing data set;

computer readable program code configured to receive a request to open at least one of;

the existing data set and the temporary data set;

computer readable program code configured to move the existing data set and the temporary data set to the higher tier of the tiered data storage system; and

computer readable program code configured to assemble the requested data set on the higher tier of the tiered data storage system from the existing data set and the temporary data set.

14. The computer program product as recited in claim 13, wherein the computer readable program code configured to determine that the existing data set is stored on the lower tier of the tiered data storage system comprises determining that a status indicator associated with the existing data set is set to migrated status.

15. The computer program product as recited in claim 13, wherein the computer readable program code configured to determine that the existing data set is capable of being updated by appending the new data to the end of the existing data set comprises determining that an indicator associated with the existing data set indicates that the existing data set is capable of adding new data to an end of the existing data set.

16. The computer program product as recited in claim 13, wherein the existing data set is one of:

a partitioned data set (PDS), a physical sequential file, or a virtual storage access method (VSAM) file.

17. The computer program product as recited in claim 13, with the proviso that the existing data set is not moved to the higher tier of the tiered data storage system in order to write the new data.

18. The computer program product as recited in claim 13, further comprising computer readable program code configured to provide access to the requested data set.