公开(公告)号：EP2126701A1

公开(公告)日：2009-12-02

申请号：EP08725916.4

申请日：2008-02-22

申请人： NetApp, Inc.

发明人： SMOOT, Peter, L. ,  HOLL, Jim ,  LAM, Sahn ,  JOHNSON, Colin ,  LA FRANCE, David, E. ,  HACKWORTH, Brian ,  ROUSSOS, Kostadis ,  VOLL, Jim ,  CHANKHUNTHOD, Anawat

IPC分类号： G06F11/14 ,  G06F17/30

CPC分类号： G06F17/30067 ,  G06F11/1446 ,  G06F11/2071

摘要： An apparatus and a method to manage data using data sets are presented. In one aspect, the apparatus includes a conformance checker and a conformance engine to make data sets conform to data management policies. The conformance checker may be operable to compare a state of a data set against a data management policy associated with the data set. The conformance engine may then make the data set conform to the data management policy if the conformance checker determines that the data set currently violates the data management policy. In another aspect, the method includes allowing an administrator of a data storage system to define a data set having a plurality of storage objects and to associate the data set with a data management policy. The method may further include using a storage manager to manage the data set as a single unit according to the data management policy.

公开(公告)号：EP2297656A1

公开(公告)日：2011-03-23

申请号：EP08747227.0

申请日：2008-04-30

申请人： NetApp, Inc.

发明人： SUSARLA, Sai Rama Krishna ,  NIRANJAN, Thirumale ,  NANDI, Siddhartha ,  EVERHART, Craig F. ,  VORUGANTI, Kaladhar ,  VOLL, Jim

IPC分类号： G06F17/50

CPC分类号： G06F17/5009

摘要： Example embodiments provide various techniques for modeling network storage environments. To model a particular storage environment, component models that are associated with the components of the storage environment are loaded. Each component model is programmed to mathematically simulate one or more components of the storage environment. A system model is then composed from the component models and this system model is configured to simulate the storage environment.