Selection of data mover for data transfer

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(12) United States Patent

Cannon et al.

(io) Patent No.: (45) Date of Patent:

US 7,844,756 B2 Nov. 30, 2010

(73) Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US)

( * ) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this patent is extended or adjusted under 35 U.S.C. 154(b) by 617 days.

(21) Appl.No.: 11/625,727

(22) Filed: Jan. 22, 2007

(65) Prior Publication Data

US 2008/0177958 Al Jul. 24, 2008

(51) Int. CI.

G06F 3/00 (2006.01)
G06F 5/00 (2006.01)

(52) U.S. CI 710/38

(58) Field of Classification Search None

See application file for complete search history.

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* cited by examiner

Primary Examiner—Henry W Tsai
Assistant Examiner—Kris Rhu

(74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Rabindranath Dutta; Konrad Raynes and Victor LLP

Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture wherein a set of communication paths between a plurality of data movers and a plurality of storage devices is maintained. A request to transfer data from a source storage device to a target storage device is received, wherein the source storage device and the target storage device are included in the plurality of storage devices. At least one data mover from the plurality of data movers is selected based on the set of communication paths, wherein the selected at least one data mover can transfer the data from the source storage device to the target storage device.

20 Claims, 6 Drawing Sheets