Inventors:
Panagiotis Tsirigotis - Sunnyvale CA, US
Geetha Srikantan - Palo Alto CA, US
Thomas K. Wong - Pleasanton CA, US
Chi Ming Wong - San Francisco CA, US
Anand Iyengar - Mountain View CA, US
Rajeev Chawla - Union City CA, US
Richard Simpkins - Mountain View CA, US
Zuwei Liu - Cupertino CA, US
Gaurav Gupta - Mountain View CA, US
Matthew Seitz - San Jose CA, US
Yu Cheong Chan - Mountain View CA, US
International Classification:
G06F 17/00
US Classification:
707694, 707822, 707827, 707828, 709201, 709203, 709219, 709221
Abstract:
A system and method for performing policy-based storage management using data related to access frequency and file attribute accumulation. A switch device provides transparency for transactions between a client and a storage network. The transparency allows objects (e. g. , files or directories) to be moved (e. g. , migrated) on the storage network without affecting a reference to the object used by the client (e. g. , a file handle). A monitoring module generates accumulation data associated with the transactions for use in policy-based management. The accumulation data can describe uses of the file such as how often certain files are accessed, modifications to files such as creations of new directories or files, and other uses.