Intel Corporation
Storage system that provides protection levels at stored data item granularity

Abstract:

An apparatus is described. The apparatus includes a storage system management unit to manage a storage system having physical storage resources divided into different reliability zones. A data item to be stored in the storage system is to be assigned a particular reliability level by the management unit and is to be stored by the management unit in one of the reliability zones that is to provide a level of protection against data loss that is at least as protective as the particular reliability level.