Patent ID: 9710175
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method of managing a plurality of storage devices, the storage devices having a lifetime of a finite number of operations, the method comprising: calculating an average number of storage devices reaching said lifetime of a finite number of operations per first unit time by dividing the number of operations per first unit of time that will be executed by the plurality of storage drives by the finite number of operations supported by one of the plurality of storage devices; for each one of the plurality of storage devices calculating an estimated date when said finite number of operations will be reached; for each date, setting a variable associated with that date, the variable being related to the number of storage devices reaching said finite number of operations within a predetermined period of said date; and for one or more variables associated with a date where the value of the variable is larger than a value calculated using the date and said average number of storage devices reaching said lifetime within the predetermined period of said first unit of time, carrying out an action to reduce the number of storage devices reaching said lifetime per first unit of time.