US 2018/0321855 A1 · MULTISTREAMING IN HETEROGENEOUS ENVIRONMENTS

Abstract

A storage device is disclosed. The storage device may include storage to store data, which may include a first storage of a first type and a second storage of a second type. The storage device may support a number of device streams, some of which associated with the first storage and some associated with the second storage. The storage device may also include a streaming capabilities analyzer that may inventory the streaming capabilities for the storage device. Finally, the storage device may include a transmitter to transmit the streaming capabilities of the storage device to a storage manager.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A storage device, comprising:

storage for data, including a first storage and a second storage, the first storage of a first type and the second storage of a second type, wherein the first type is different from the second type;
a number of device streams used in writing the data to the storage, a first of the number of device streams supported by the storage device associated with the first storage and a second of the number of device streams supported by the storage device associated with the second storage;
a streaming capabilities analyzer to inventory streaming capabilities of the storage device;
and
a transmitter to transmit the streaming capabilities of the storage device to at least one storage manager.

2 more elements

A method, comprising:

receiving at least two streaming capabilities of at least one storage device, the at least one storage device supporting a number of device streams;
receiving a request from at least one software stream;
determining at least one requirement of the at least one software stream;
selecting at least one of the number of device streams supported by the at least one storage device responsive to the at least one requirement of the at least one software stream and the at least one streaming capability of the at least one storage device;
and
sending the request from the at least one software stream to the at least one storage device using the selected at least one of the number of device streams.

3 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

15/690,270Filed 29 Aug 2017

Priority

3 May 2017

Published

8 Nov 2018

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification10 codes

G06F 3/067
Adopting a particular infrastructure: distributed or networked storage systems, e.g. storage area networks [SAN], network attached storage [NAS]
G06F 3/0604
Specifically adapted to achieve a particular effect: improving or facilitating administration, e.g. storage management
G06F 3/0608
Specifically adapted to achieve a particular effect: saving storage space on storage systems
G06F 3/0649
Migration mechanisms: lifecycle management

Multistreaming in heterogeneous environments

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Multistreaming in heterogeneous environments

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Abstract

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