Patent ID: 9513836
Filing Date: 2016-12-06
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A method for migrating data in a storage system by a computer, the storage system including a first storage and a second storage having a sequential access medium, the method comprising: in response to determining that the second storage comprises an index partition and a data partition, selecting a plurality of data to migrate from the first storage to the second storage, wherein selected files are in a resident state; obtaining metadata associated with one or more subsets of data of the plurality of data; ordering the subsets of data based on the obtained metadata, the order of the subsets of data following an expectation of update value; transferring the subsets of data to the second storage based on the order of the subsets of data based on a predetermined schedule; in response to determining the plurality of data written in a rear region of the sequential access medium being inactive, overwriting the data determined as inactive on the sequential access medium by transferred data; in response to determining that the one or more sets of data written in the rear region are inactive, setting an end data to the sequential access medium after a last active data is written before the one or more sets of data are determined to be inactive; deleting the one or more sets of data determined to be inactive from the second storage; and initiating a transfer to the sequential access medium after the setting.