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US 7,480,734 · App. 11/335,320 · Granted Jan 20, 2009

Class of service analysis for data flows in a data storage infrastructure for a communication network

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Patent No.
US 7,480,734
App. No.
11/335,320
Granted
Jan 20, 2009
Kind
B1
Abstract

A data storage infrastructure is disclosed for a communication network that produces a plurality of data flows of network data. The data storage infrastructure comprises a data storage systems and a storage management system. The data storage systems store the network data using a plurality of data storage service classes, wherein different data storage systems provide different data storage service classes, and wherein the different data storage service classes have different service class values for a plurality of data storage service variables. The storage management system processes characteristics for the data flows to assign data flow values to the data storage service variables for the data flows, compares the data flow values to the service class values, and assigns individual data flows to individual data storage systems based on the comparison of the data flow values to the service class values.

Claims (24)

1. A data storage infrastructure for a communication network that produces a plurality of data flows of network data, the data storage infrastructure comprising:

a plurality of data storage systems configured to store the network data using a plurality of data storage service classes, wherein different ones of the data storage systems provide different ones of the data storage service classes, and wherein the different ones of the data storage service classes have different service class values for a plurality of data storage service variables; and

a storage management system configured to process characteristics for the data flows to assign data flow values to the data storage service variables for the data flows wherein the data flow values comprise monetary values, compare the data flow values to the service class values, and to assign individual ones of the data flows to individual ones of the of the data storage systems based on the comparison of the data flow values to the service class values.

2. The data storage infrastructure of claim 1 wherein the different ones of the data storage service classes have different data storage reliabilities.

3. The data storage infrastructure of claim 1 wherein the data storage service variables comprise access frequency variables.

4. The data storage infrastructure of claim 1 wherein the data storage service variables comprise archival and deletion variables.

5. The data storage infrastructure of claim 1 wherein the data storage service variables comprise availability variables.

6. The data storage infrastructure of claim 1 wherein the data storage service variables comprise connectivity variables.

7. The data storage infrastructure of claim 1 wherein the data storage service variables comprise geographic location variables.

8. The data storage infrastructure of claim 1 wherein the data storage service variables comprise monitoring variables.

9. The data storage infrastructure of claim 1 wherein the data storage service variables comprise provisioning variables.

10. The data storage infrastructure of claim 1 wherein the data storage service variables comprise response time variables.

11. A method of operating a data storage infrastructure for a communication network that produces a plurality of data flows of network data, the method comprising:

in a plurality of data storage systems, storing the network data using a plurality of data storage service classes, wherein different ones of the data storage systems provide different ones of the data storage service classes, and wherein the different ones of the data storage service classes have different service class values for a plurality of data storage service variables; and

in a storage management system, processing characteristics for the data flows to assign data flow values to the data storage service variables for the data flows wherein the data flow values comprise monetary values, comparing the data flow values to the service class values, and assigning individual ones of the data flows to individual ones of the of the data storage systems based on the comparison of the data flow values to the service class values.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein the different ones of the data storage service classes have different data storage reliabilities.

13. The method of claim 11 wherein the data storage service variables comprise access frequency variables.

14. The method of claim 11 wherein the data storage service variables comprise archival and deletion variables.

15. The method of claim 11 wherein the data storage service variables comprise availability variables.

16. The method of claim 11 wherein the data storage service variables comprise connectivity variables.

17. The method of claim 11 wherein the data storage service variables comprise geographic location variables.

18. The method of claim 11 wherein the data storage service variables comprise monitoring variables.

19. The method of claim 11 wherein the data storage service variables comprise provisioning variables.

20. The method of claim 11 wherein the data storage service variables comprise response time variables.

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From: THAKUR, BRAJENDRA SINGH; MIRZA, NASIR MAHMOOD
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