Patent ID: 7783831
Filing Date: 2010-08-24
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: a computer system receiving or generating a message indicating that a data volume is in violation of a rule that data of first and second storage objects of the data volume are to be stored on separate hard disks; in response to receiving or generating the message, the computer system comparing the identity of a first hard disk that stores data of the first storage object with identities of a plurality of third hard disks that store or are configured to store data of third storage object, wherein the first, second, and third storage objects are distinct from each other; the computer system generating an instruction if the identity of the first hard disk does not compare equally with any of the identities of the plurality of third hard disks; and evacuating data from the first hard disk to one of the plurality of third hard disks in response to implementing the instruction.