Methods for managing ownership of redundant data
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorGlen A. Jaquette
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, a method includes storing instances of a file in a first storage tier and a second storage tier of a storage system; associating each instance of the file on the first and second storage tier with a unique program identifier (UPI); receiving a request to access the file or instance thereof from a user in a group of users; searching for a UPI associated with an instance of the file that exists on the first storage tier; and providing the user requesting access to the file with remote access to the instance of the file on the first storage tier. Additional methods are also presented.
Claims6
A method, comprising:
- storing instances of a file in a first storage tier and a second storage tier of a storage system;
- associating each instance of the file on the first and second storage tier with a unique program identifier (UPI);
- receiving a request to access the file or instance thereof from a user in a group of users;
- searching for a UPI associated with an instance of the file that exists on the first storage tier;
- and
- providing the user requesting access to the file with remote access to the instance of the file on the first storage tier.
A method, comprising:
- storing instances of a file in a first storage tier and a second storage tier of a storage system;
- associating each instance of the file on the first and second storage tier with a unique program identifier (UPI);
- receiving a request to access the file or instance thereof from a first user in a group of users;
- searching for a UPI associated with an instance of the file that exists on the first storage tier;
- when the instance of the file that exists on the first storage tier is associated with a second user in the group of users and is not being accessed by the second user:
- setting an ownership status of the instance of the file on the first storage tier to owned by the first user;
- and
- setting an ownership status of an unused instance of the file on the second storage tier from owned by the first user to owned by the second user;
- and
- providing the first user with remote access to the instance of the file on the first storage tier.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.