Fine-grained control of data placement

摘要

Methods, apparatus and computer program products implement embodiments of the present invention that include defining, in a storage system including multiple storage devices, multiple redundant array of independent disks (RAID) configurations for data stored on the storage devices. A first one of the multiple RAID configurations is assigned to a first entry in a partition table having multiple entries, and a second one of the multiple RAID configurations is assigned to a second entry in the partition table, the second one of the multiple RAID configurations independent from the first one of the multiple RAID configurations.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
defining, in a storage system comprising multiple storage devices, multiple redundant array of independent disks (RAID) configurations for data stored on the storage devices; assigning, to a first entry in a partition table having multiple entries, a first one of the multiple RAID configurations; and assigning, to a second entry in the partition table, a second one of the multiple RAID configurations that is independent from the first one of the multiple RAID configurations;
wherein assigning the first one of the multiple RAID configurations to the first entry in the partition table comprises modifying an existing RAID configuration for the first entry, and comprising migrating the data referenced by the existing RAID configuration to the modified RAID configuration.