CPC G06F 3/0647 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0611 (2013.01); G06F 3/0679 (2013.01); G06F 3/0683 (2013.01); G06F 16/538 (2019.01); G06F 16/583 (2019.01)] | 17 Claims |
1. A storage system, comprising:
a first storage tier and a second storage tier, the first storage tier including a first storage device including a first storage and a first controller, the second storage tier including a second storage device including a second storage and a second controller;
a metadata storage to store a metadata for a data stored in the first storage tier, the metadata including a location in the first storage tier where the data is stored;
a receiver to receive from a host a request to access the data;
retrieval software to be executed by a processor to retrieve the data from the first storage tier based at least in part on the location in the first storage tier where the data is stored; and
a transmitter to transmit the data to the host.
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