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US 2016/0077747 A1Published application
Efficient combination of storage devices for maintaining metadata
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorWilliam Edward Snaman, JR.
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Abstract
Multiple storage devices may be used when storing data and metadata. Different types of storage devices exhibit distinct performance characteristics for read/write operations, input/output operations, throughput, latency and the like. Methods and systems described herein identify access patterns and provision a tailored hardware solution which blends the different types of storage to optimize performance and improve efficient use of resources.
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A method, comprising:
- receiving access requests for a networked storage array;
- recognizing access patterns from the access requests for the networked storage array;
- blending a primary memory store and a secondary memory store based on the access patterns;
- and
- storing, in the blended memory stores, metadata associated with the access requests for the networked storage array.
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