System, method and program for managing storage

Details System, method and program for managing storage System, method and program for managing storage

2008-02-27

2009-06-23

Ellis, Kevin L (Department: 2187)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory

Storage accessing and control

Specific memory composition

C714S042000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07552276

ABSTRACT:
System, method and program for managing a storage server comprising first and second clusters of storage controllers. The first cluster comprises one or more storage controllers each controlling one or more storage arrays. The first cluster also comprises a first cache memory and a first nonvolatile storage (“NVS”) shared by the one or more storage controllers of the first cluster. The second cluster comprises one or more storage controllers each controlling one or more storage arrays. The second cluster also comprises a second cache memory and a second nonvolatile storage shared by the one or more storage controllers of the second cluster. There is monitoring of an amount of time that data controlled by each of the clusters is held in the cache memory of the cluster before being outpaged to the storage arrays. There is monitoring of an amount of requests to access storage arrays of a cluster that were delayed due to insufficient NVS. A level of impairment of access to each of the storage arrays is determined based on the amount of time that data controlled by each of the clusters was held in the cache memory of the cluster before being outpaged to the storage arrays, and the amount of requests to access the storage arrays of a cluster that were delayed due to insufficient NVS. When access to a storage array is excessively impaired, data is moved from the access-impaired storage array to another storage array with a lower level of access impairment.

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