Storage system with static assignment of storage media and method for setting up the storage system
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1. A storage system comprising:
- a number of M storage media,a number of N data producers each providing a data stream and each having one or more data members, anda storage management device configured tostatically assign an exclusive group (A+1) of the M storage media to each of the N data producers, wherein the exclusive group statically assigned to each of the N data producers is greater than or equal to 1 and less than all of the M storage media, and wherein the exclusive group statically assigned to each of the N data producers do not completely overlap with each other, anddistribute the data streams from each of the N data producers to only the statically assigned exclusive group of the M storage media.
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Abstract
The invention proposes a storage system having a number of M storage media, having a number of N data producers each providing a data stream and each having one or more data members, and having a storage management device for distributing the data streams from the N data producers to the M storage media, wherein a group of (A+1) of the M storage media is statically assigned to each of the N data producers, where 1<A<M.
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1. A storage system comprising:
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a number of M storage media, a number of N data producers each providing a data stream and each having one or more data members, and a storage management device configured to statically assign an exclusive group (A+1) of the M storage media to each of the N data producers, wherein the exclusive group statically assigned to each of the N data producers is greater than or equal to 1 and less than all of the M storage media, and wherein the exclusive group statically assigned to each of the N data producers do not completely overlap with each other, and distribute the data streams from each of the N data producers to only the statically assigned exclusive group of the M storage media. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 13)
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9. A method for operating a storage system, the storage system having a multiplicity of data members, N data producers and M storage media, the method comprising:
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distributing the data members to the N data producers; statically assigning an exclusive group (A+1) of the M storage media to each of the N data producers, wherein the exclusive group statically assigned to each of the N data producers is greater than or equal to 1 and less than all of the M storage media, and wherein the exclusive group statically assigned to each of the N data producers do not completely overlap with each other; and distributing data streams from each of the N data producers to only the statically assigned exclusive group of the M storage media. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11)
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12. A computer program stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium and having program code that, when executed on a computer is configured to:
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distribute one or more data members to a multiplicity of N data producers, statically assign an exclusive group of M storage media to each of the N data producers, wherein the exclusive group statistically assigned to each of the N data producers is greater than or equal to 1 and less than all of the M storage media, and wherein the exclusive group statically assigned to each of the N data producers do not completely overlap with each other, and distribute data streams from each of the N data producers to only the statically assigned exclusive group of the M storage media.
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