公开(公告)号：EP1934838A4

公开(公告)日：2010-07-07

申请号：EP06815981

申请日：2006-10-02

申请人： NEOPATH NETWORKS INC

发明人： TSIRIGOTIS PANAGIOTIS ,  SRIKANTAN GEETHA ,  WONG THOMAS K ,  WONG CHI MING ,  IYENGAR ANAND ,  CHAWLA RAJEEV ,  SIMPKINS RICHARD ,  LIU ZUWEI ,  GUPTA GAURAV ,  SEITZ MATTHEW ,  CHAN YU CHEONG

IPC分类号： G06F17/30

CPC分类号： G06F17/30082 ,  G06F17/302 ,  G06F17/30227

摘要： 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.