Patent ID: 9465554
Filing Date: 2016-10-11
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A method for data processing in a distributed computing storage environment by a processor device, the distributed computing storage environment incorporating at least high-speed and lower-speed caches, and tiered levels of storage, the method comprising: migrating groups of data segments between the tiered levels of storage such that uniformly hot ones of the groups of data segments and clumped hot ones of the groups of data segments are migrated to use a Solid State Drive (SSD) portion of the tiered levels of storage; determining the uniformly hot groups of data segments using a first heat map for a selected one of the group of the data segments; determining the clumped hot groups of data segments using a second heat map; and determining sparsely hot groups of data segments by determining that neither the first heat map nor the second heat map are hotter than a first and second predetermined threshold, respectively.