Patent ID: 8566553
Filing Date: 2013-10-22
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for configuring data storage comprising: selecting a plurality of devices; determining, for each of said plurality of devices, whether data for said each device should be located in a first storage tier or another storage tier, said first storage tier being a higher performance storage tier than said other storage tier; and for each of said plurality of devices that said determining determines should be located in the first storage tier, automatically locating data of said each device on a physical storage device of said first storage tier, and wherein said determining whether data for said each device should be located in said first storage tier or another storage tier further comprises: determining a score for each of said plurality of devices in accordance with a plurality of values for said each device, said plurality of values including a read miss density for said each device, said read miss density being determined by dividing an average number of read misses per unit of time for said each device by a storage capacity of said each device.