Data management system for storage tiers

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10884646-B2
Application number	US-201816182084-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 6, 2018
Priority date	Nov 6, 2018
Publication date	Jan 5, 2021
Grant date	Jan 5, 2021

Abstract

A method, apparatus, system, and computer program product for managing a storage system. Data associated with a set of tags is identified by a computer system using a policy, wherein the policy defines the set of tags for a set of types of data used in a process performed in an organization using data in the storage system. A set of storage tiers for the data associated with the set of tags is determined by the computer system using the policy. The policy defines the set of storage tiers for the data associated with the set of tags when the data associated with the set of tags is used by the process. The data associated with the set of tags is moved by the computer system to the set of storage tiers as determined using the policy.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for managing movement of data between different types of storage, the method comprising:
identifying, by a computer system, a process to be performed in an organization;
identifying, by the computer system, data associated with a set of tags using a policy, wherein the policy is associated with the process and defines the set of tags for a set of types of data used in the process in order to identify the data needed to perform the process in the organization;
determining, by the computer system, a set of storage tiers for the data associated with the set of tags using the policy, wherein the policy defines the set of storage tiers for the data associated with the set of tags when the data associated with the set of tags is used by the process in order to determine where the data should be located for use when performing the process in the organization;
moving, by the computer system, the data associated with the set of tags to the set of storage tiers as determined using the policy in order to locate the data for use when performing the process in the organization; and
performing, by the computer system, the process in the organization using the data in the set of storage tiers that was moved using the policy that defines both (i) the set of tags for the set of types of data used in the process performed in the organization and (ii) the set of storage tiers for the data associated with the set of tags when the data associated with the set of tags is used by the process performed in the organization.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
analyzing, by the computer system, the data to determine an amount of time needed to move the data from a current storage tier to a needed storage tier that is needed when the process uses the data; and
scheduling, by the computer system, a move of the data based on the amount of time needed to move the data,
wherein moving, by the computer system, the data associated with the set of tags to the set of storage tiers as determined using the policy comprises:
moving, by the computer system, the data associated with the set of tags from a source file system to the set of storage tiers in a target file system as determined using the policy for the process such that the process can access the data in an expected storage tier for the process.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
associating, by the computer system, the set of tags with the data in the storage tiers in the storage system using the policy for the process such that the policy defines what types of data in the data are used by the process.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein associating, by the computer system, the set of tags with the data in the storage tiers in the storage system using the policy for the process comprises:
searching, by the computer system, the storage system for the data having the set of types of data used in the process using the policy; and
tagging, by the computer system, the data as having the set of types of data for the process with the set of tags using the policy.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the data associated with the set of tags in the set of storage tiers forms tagged data for the process and further comprising:
adding, by the computer system, entries for the tagged data in a tag catalog database that comprises tags and locations of the tagged data in the storage system.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein adding, by the computer system, entries for the tagged data in a tag catalog database comprises:
adding, by an artificial intelligence system in the computer system, entries for the tagged data in a tag catalog database that comprises tags and locations of the tagged data in the storage system.

7. The method of claim 3 further comprising:
creating, by the computer system, a tagging process for associating the set of tags with the data in the set of storage tiers based on the policy defining the set of types of data in the data used in performing the process in the organization, wherein the associating is performed by executing, by the computer system, the tagging process.

8. A data management system that manages movement of data between different types of storage comprising:
a storage system storing data in a set of storage tiers in the storage system; and
a computer system that identifies a process to be performed in an organization; identifies data associated with a set of tags using a policy, wherein the policy is associated with the process and defines the set of tags for a set of types of data used in the process in order to identify the data needed to perform the process in the organization; determines the set of storage tiers for the data associated with the set of tags using the policy, wherein the policy defines the set of storage tiers for the data associated with the set of tags when the data associated with the set of tags is used by the process in order to determine where the data should be located for use when performing the process in the organization; moves the data associated with the set of tags to the set of storage tiers as determined using the policy in order to locate the data for use when performing the process in the organization; and performs the process in the organization using the data in the set of storage tiers that was moved using the policy that defines both (i) the set of tags for the set of types of data used in the process performed in the organization and (ii) the set of storage tiers for the data associated with the set of tags when the data associated with the set of tags is used by the process performed in the organization.

9. The data management system of claim 8 wherein the computer system analyzes the data to determine an amount of time needed to move the data from a current storage tier to a needed storage tier that is needed when the process uses the data; and schedules a move of the data based on the amount of time needed to move the data, wherein in moving, by the computer system, the data associated with the set of tags to the set of storage tiers as determined using the policy, the computer system moves the data associated with the set of tags from a source file system to the set of storage tiers in a target file system as determined using the policy for the process such that the process can access the data in an expected storage tier for the process.

10. The data management system of claim 8 , wherein the computer system associates the set of tags with the data in the set of storage tiers in the storage system using the policy for the process such that the policy defines what types of data in the data are used by the process.

11. The data management system of claim 8 , wherein in associating the set of tags with the data in the set of storage tiers in the storage system using the policy for the process, the computer system searches the storage system for the data having the set of types of data used in the process using the policy and tags the data as having the set of types of data for the process with the set of tags using the policy.

12. The data management system of claim 10 , wherein the data associated with the set of tags in the set of storage tiers forms tagged data for the process and an artificial intelligence system in the computer system adds entries for the tagged data in a tag catalog database that comprises tags and locations of the tagged data in the storage system.

13. The data management system of claim 10 , wherein the computer system creates a tagging process for associating the set of tags with the data to form tagged data in the set of storage tiers based on the policy defining a set of types of da

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• O'Reilly Gavin C
• Gooly Susheel
• Zolotow Clea A
• Northway Tedrick N
• Lacey Derek

Classifications

• G06F16/13

  File access structures, e.g. distributed indices (arrangements of input from, or output to, record carriers G06F3/06) · CPC title

• G06F3/0604

  Improving or facilitating administration, e.g. storage management · CPC title

• G06F3/0685 Primary

  Hybrid storage combining heterogeneous device types, e.g. hierarchical storage, hybrid arrays · CPC title

• G06F3/0643

  Management of files · CPC title

• G06F16/122

  using management policies (point-in-time backing up or restoration of persistent data G06F11/1446; file migration policies for HSM systems G06F16/185) · CPC title