Optimization of data distribution and power consumption in a data center
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsWilliam G. Pagan, Moises Cases, Paul A. Boothe, Carl E. Jones, Bhyrav M. Mutnury
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Abstract
The distribution of data among a plurality of data storage devices may be optimized, in one embodiment, by redistributing the data to move less-active data to lesser performing data storage devices and to move more-active data to higher performing data storage devices. Power consumption in the datacenter may be optimized by selectively reducing power to data storage devices to which less-active data, such as persistent data, has been moved.
Claims20
A data-management method, comprising:
- monitoring the usage of data distributed among a plurality of data storage devices in a datacenter;
- and
- redistributing the data among the data storage devices to move less active data to less efficient data storage devices.
A computer program product including computer usable program code embodied on a computer usable medium for optimizing the distribution of data in a datacenter, the computer program product including:
- computer usable program code for monitoring the usage of data distributed among a plurality of data storage devices in a datacenter;
- and
- computer usable program code for redistributing the data among the data storage devices to move less active data to less efficient data storage devices.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.