Archive migration system

• US 9,892,138 B2
• Filed: 02/15/2016
• Issued: 02/13/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/20/2015
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• 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.
• Primary Examiner(s): Lazaro, David
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ye, Zi
• Application Number:
  US15/043,987
• Publication Number:
  US 20160306796A1
• Time in Patent Office: 729 Days
• Field of Search: 709226, 709217
• 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 archiving data, comprising the steps of:

a computer detecting that a threshold value associated with a storage capacity of a first data archive has been exceeded, wherein the first data archive is owned by a first user;

the computer determining a second data archive of one or more other data archives for migration of a portion of data contained in the first data archive, wherein the one or more other data archives are linked to the first data archive based on the content of the first data archive, and wherein the second data archive is owned by a second user;

the computer determining the portion of data in the first data archive to be migrated to the second data archive based on a relationship of the portion of the data to the second user; and

the computer migrating the determined portion of data from the first data archive to the second data archive.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

the computer sending a request to the determined data archive requesting permission to migrate at least a portion of the portion of data.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of the computer determining the second data archive to migrate a portion of data further comprises:

the computer determining a third data archive to migrate the portion of data; and

the computer migrating a first portion of the portion of data to the second data archive and migrating a second portion of the portion of data to the third data archive.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising the step of the computer determining the first portion of the portion of data contains information that is associated with an owner of the second data archive and the second portion of the portion of data contains information that is associated with an owner of the third data archive.

5. The method of claim 3, further comprising the step of the computer transmitting a list to an owner associated with the first data archive, wherein the list includes information detailing that the first portion of the portion of data has been migrated to the second data archive and the second portion of the portion of data has been migrated to the third data archive.