Performance oriented data deduplication and duplication

A system comprising:

• at least one processing component;
• at least one memory component;
• an access tracking component configured to determine a quantity of access requests for at least one data block, and to determine a current quantity of copies of the at least one data block;
• a duplication component configured to create at least one additional copy of the at least one data block when the quantity of the access requests for the at least one data block exceeds an access request threshold;
• and
• a deduplication component configured to remove at least one current copy of the data block when the quantity of the access requests for the at least one data block falls below the access request threshold.

A computer program product for data storage management, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a processor to cause the device to perform a method comprising:

• receiving access requests for at the least one data block;
• determining a quantity of the access requests for at the least one data block;
• determining a quantity of current copies of the at least one data block;
• creating at least one additional copy of the at least one data block when the quantity of the access requests for the at least one data block exceeds an access request threshold;
• removing at least one current copy of the at least one data block when the quantity of the access requests for the at least one data block falls below the access request threshold;
• tracking the quantity of the access requests for the at least one data block;
• detecting a change in the quantity of the access requests for the at least one data block;
• and
• altering the quantity of the current copies of the at least one data block if a change in the quantity of the access requests for the at least one data block is detected.