System and method for determining workload characteristics for one or more applications operating in a data storage environment with ability to control grouping
AssigneeEMC Corporation
InventorWilliam Zahavi
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Abstract
This invention is a system and method for configuring or modeling a data storage environment in accordance with workload and performance characteristics and by using selected correlation characteristics of logical devices storing data on a data storage system in the environment.
Claims25
A method for using a dataset on which work is performed, wherein the dataset represents data stored on one or more logical devices that are part of a data storage environment, the method comprising the steps of:
- analyzing work performed on the dataset to determine a profile of the workload characteristics of logical devices that are members of a selected set of logical devices, the analysis comprising deriving a correlation coefficient from the information;
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- creating one or more affinity groups including one or more of the profiled logical devices in accordance with one or more selected correlation relationships, wherein the affinity groups are useful for performing a storage management function.
A system for using a dataset on which work is performed, wherein the dataset represents data stored on one or more logical devices that are part of a data storage environment the system comprising:
- a computer having a memory and a display;
- computer program logic operating in memory, wherein the computer program logic is configured for execution of the following steps:
- analyzing work performed on the dataset to determine a profile of the workload characteristics of logical devices that are members of a selected set of logical devices, the analysis comprising deriving a correlation coefficient from the information;
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- creating one or more affinity groups including one or more of the profiled logical devices in accordance with one or more selected correlation relationships, wherein the affinity groups are useful for performing a storage management function.
A program product for using a dataset on which work is performed, wherein the dataset represents data stored on one or more logical devices that are part of a data storage environment, the program product including a computer readable tangible medium with program logic configured for causing the following computer-executed steps to occur:
- analyzing work performed on the dataset to determine a profile of the workload characteristics of logical devices that are members of a selected set of logical devices, the analysis comprising deriving a correlation coefficient from the information;
- and
- creating one or more affinity groups including one or more of the profiled logical devices in accordance with one or more selected correlation relationships, wherein the affinity groups are useful for performing a storage management function.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.