Patent ID: 7136883
Filing Date: 2006-11-14
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. In a storage system comprising a plurality of different storage partitions of different storage media hierarchically arranged into different storage levels and an individual partition includes a plurality of different data objects individually having attributes for indicating a target destination partition and for enabling determination of objects having similar data retention characteristics, a system for managing storage of an object comprising: a storage processor for determining a particular storage partition has reached a predetermined capacity threshold; a data migration processor for individually migrating objects in said particular storage partition by identifying within said particular storage partition individual first and second different objects to be moved in response to said capacity determination and by identifying different target destination partitions of said individual first and second different objects based on corresponding attributes of said first and second different objects, wherein said hierarchically arranged different storage levels correspond to different storage media types and at least one individual storage level includes a plurality of different partitions and said object attributes determine a particular target destination partition and storage level; and a transfer processor for transferring data representing said particular object to said target destination partition.