Preemptive relocation of failing data

1. A method for preemptively migrating a failing extent, comprising:

receiving information of one or more failure conditions associated with an extent stored in a first storage portion of a first storage tier;

predicting a failure of the extent based on the information;

selecting a second storage portion located in the first storage tier, a higher storage tier, and/or a lower storage tier; and

migrating the extent to the selected second storage portion,

wherein selecting the second storage portion located in the first storage tier, a higher storage tier and/or a lower storage tier is based, at least in part, on a priority of the storage tiers, wherein selecting the second storage portion according to the priority comprises:

selecting a second storage portion located in the first storage tier when available;

selecting a second storage portion located in a higher storage tier relative to the first storage tier when a second storage portion in the first storage tier is not available; and

selecting a second storage portion located in a lower storage tier relative to the first storage tier when a second portion in the higher storage tier is not available.

2. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the information comprises one or more errors associated with the extent.

3. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the information comprises a performance of the extent that falls below a threshold value.

4. The method as recited in claim 1 , further comprising monitoring a number of times the failure condition occurs.

5. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the extent is a contiguous block of data.

6. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the second storage portion located in the first storage tier has a same rank as the first storage portion.

7. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein higher storage tier comprises more expensive and/or faster-to-access storage media than the first storage tier.

8. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the lower storage tier comprises less expensive and/or slower-to-access storage media than the first storage tier.

9. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein selecting the second storage portion located in the first storage tier, a higher storage tier and/or a lower storage tier is based, at least in part, on a user preference.

10. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the extent is migrated to the second storage portion prior to the failure of the extent.

11. The method as recited in claim 1 , further comprising executing a recovery process of the first storage portion; wherein the recovery process comprises rebuilding the first storage portion.

12. A computer program product, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program code embodied therewith, the program code readable/executable by a processor to:

receive information of one or more failure conditions associated with an extent stored in a first storage portion of a first storage tier;

predict a failure of the extent based on the information;

select a second storage portion located in the first storage tier, a higher storage tier, and/or a lower storage tier; and

migrate the extent to the selected second storage portion,

wherein selecting the second storage portion located in the first storage tier, a higher storage tier and/or a lower storage tier is based, at least in part, on a priority of the storage tiers, wherein selecting the second storage portion according to the priority comprises:

selecting a second storage portion located in the first storage tier when available;

selecting a second storage portion located in a higher storage tier relative to the first storage tier when a second storage portion in the first storage tier is not available; and

selecting a second storage portion located in a lower storage tier relative to the first storage tier when a second portion in the higher storage tier is not available.

13. The computer program product as recited in claim 12 , wherein the information comprises at least one of: one or more errors associated with the extent, and a performance of the extent that falls below a threshold value.

14. The computer program product as recited in claim 12 , wherein the second storage portion located in the first storage tier has a same rank as the first storage portion.

15. The computer program product as recited in claim 12 , wherein higher storage tier comprises more expensive and/or faster-to-access storage media than the first storage tier, and wherein the lower storage tier comprises less expensive and/or slower-to-access storage media than the first storage tier.

16. The computer program product as recited in claim 12 , wherein the extent is migrated to the second storage portion prior to the failure of the extent.

17. A system, comprising logic integrated a hardware processor, the logic being configured to cause the processor to:

receive information of one or more failure conditions associated with an extent stored in a first storage portion of a first storage tier;

predict a failure of the extent based on the information;

select a second storage portion located in the first storage tier, a higher storage tier, and/or a lower storage tier; and

migrate the extent to the selected second storage portion,

wherein selecting the second storage portion located in the first storage tier, a higher storage tier and/or a lower storage tier is based, at least in part, on a priority of the storage tiers, wherein selecting the second storage portion according to the priority comprises:

selecting a second storage portion located in the first storage tier when available;

selecting a second storage portion located in a higher storage tier relative to the first storage tier when a second storage portion in the first storage tier is not available; and

selecting a second storage portion located in a lower storage tier relative to the first storage tier when a second portion in the higher storage tier is not available.

18. The system as recited in claim 17 , wherein the information comprises at least one of: one or more errors associated with the extent, and a performance of the extent that falls below a threshold value.

19. The system as recited in claim 17 , wherein the extent is migrated to the second storage portion prior to the failure of the extent.

20. The system as recited in claim 17 , wherein the extent is a contiguous block of data.