Pure Storage, Inc.
Predictive data streaming in a virtual storage system

Abstract:

A method of predictive data streaming in a virtual storage system, including: identifying, for a plurality of data objects that have been migrated from a first tier of storage in a virtual storage system to a lower tier of storage, metadata describing one or more access patterns for the plurality of data objects; determining, based at least on the metadata describing the plurality of data objects, one or more data objects that have a greater likelihood of being accessed relative to other data objects among the plurality of data objects; and transferring, from the lower tier of storage, the one or more data objects that have a greater likelihood of being accessed relative to other data objects among the plurality of data objects.