US Patent Application 17735737. VIRTUAL VOLUME PLACEMENT BASED ON ACTIVITY LEVEL simplified abstract
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VIRTUAL VOLUME PLACEMENT BASED ON ACTIVITY LEVEL
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VIRTUAL VOLUME PLACEMENT BASED ON ACTIVITY LEVEL - A simplified explanation of the abstract
- This abstract for appeared for US patent application number 17735737 Titled 'VIRTUAL VOLUME PLACEMENT BASED ON ACTIVITY LEVEL'
Simplified Explanation
This abstract describes a method, apparatus, and storage media for placing virtual volumes based on their activity levels. The method involves receiving a request to create a new virtual volume on a storage cluster with multiple storage nodes. The total activity level of each storage node is determined based on the activity level of each virtual volume currently hosted on that node. A storage node is then selected to host the new virtual volume based on the determined total activity levels. Finally, the new virtual volume is created on the selected storage node.
Original Abstract Submitted
Methods, apparatus, and processor-readable storage media for placement of virtual volumes based on activity levels are provided herein. An example computer-implemented method includes obtaining a request to create a new virtual volume on a storage cluster comprising a plurality of storage nodes; determining a total activity level for each of a plurality of storage nodes of the storage cluster in response to the request, wherein the total activity level for a given storage node is determined based at least in part on an activity level value of each virtual volume currently hosted on the storage node; selecting one of the plurality of storage nodes to host the new virtual volume based at least in part on the determined total activity levels; and creating the new virtual volume on the selected storage node.
