US 12,353,746 B2
Selecting storage resources based on data characteristics
Andrew Bernat, Mountain View, CA (US); Zoltan Dewitt, Daly City, CA (US); and John Colgrove, Los Altos, CA (US)
Assigned to PURE STORAGE, INC., Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed by PURE STORAGE, INC., Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/296,612.
Application 18/296,612 is a continuation of application No. 17/146,968, filed on Jan. 12, 2021, granted, now 11,625,181.
Application 17/146,968 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/266,600, filed on Feb. 4, 2019, granted, now 11,294,588, issued on Apr. 5, 2022.
Application 16/266,600 is a continuation in part of application No. 14/834,376, filed on Aug. 24, 2015, granted, now 10,198,194, issued on Feb. 5, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0244399 A1, Aug. 3, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/0644 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0611 (2013.01); G06F 3/0613 (2013.01); G06F 3/0631 (2013.01); G06F 3/0673 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
determining, for data that is stored within a storage system that includes multiple types of data storage and at least one volume, a storage type to use for the data, wherein:
the data is associated with one more snapshots that are stored in the storage system, and
the determination is based on whether the data is stored in any volume in the storage system, wherein one storage type is selected if the data is stored in any volume of the storage system, and another storage type is selected if the data is not stored any volume of the storage system; and
storing the data in a storage device associated with the determined storage type.