Patent ID: 8775736

Claim:
An information handling system comprising: a tiered storage system including a memory controller coupled to a first memory storage device, to a second memory storage device, and to a third memory storage device, the memory controller operable to: determine a first access count for first information stored on the tiered storage system, the first access count corresponding to how many times the first information is accessed in the tiered storage system; determine a second access count for second information stored on the tiered storage system, the second access count corresponding to how many times the second information is accessed in the tiered storage system; determine a third access count for third information stored on the tiered storage system, the third access count corresponding to how many times the third information is accessed in the tiered storage system; store the first information on the first memory storage device based upon the first access count being greater than the second access count; store the second information on the second memory storage device based upon the second access count being less than the first access count; store the third information on the third memory storage device based upon the third access count being less than the second access count; and store first access data comprising the first, second, and third access counts; and a host processing system coupled to the memory controller and operable to: obtain the first access data from the memory controller; determine to perform an operation on the first information based upon the first access count, to not perform the operation on the second information based upon the second access count, and to not perform the operation on the third information based upon the third access count; and perform the operation on the first information on the first storage device; wherein the first access count, the second access count, and the third access count comprise counts of read accesses and of write accesses.