Patent ID: 11954076
Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  Y | IPC G

Claim 4:
5. The hierarchical storage management system according to claim 1, wherein the hierarchical storage control apparatus is configured to:
in response to determining at least one of (i) the power consumption, (ii) the cost required, and (iii) the communication speed, does not satisfy the policy:
identify another storage medium at the respective data center for storing the stored data;
determine whether the power consumption, the cost required, and the communication speed for the stored data satisfies the policy at the other storage medium in the respective data center; and
in response to determining (i) the power consumption, (ii) the cost required, and (iii) the communication speed do satisfy the policy at the other storage medium in the respective data center, transmit the stored data from a first storage medium of the respective data center to the other storage medium of the respective data center.