Patent ID: 9223504
Filing Date: 2015-12-29
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for placing a plurality of logical data stores on storage devices such that a client's store request time for said plurality of logical data stores placed on any of said storage devices is minimized, said method comprising: determining, by a computer, an average load over all said storage devices, M, in relation to said plurality of logical data stores, said determining of said average load comprising: ordering, by said computer, each of said plurality of logical data stores by increasing run length, loading, by said computer, a logical data store counter with a count i corresponding to each of said plurality of ordered logical data stores, and initializing said count i to one; loading, by said computer, a storage device counter j corresponding to each storage device j, and initializing said count j to one; initializing, by said computer, a load for each storage device j equal to zero; for each storage device j,