METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR MANAGING THE PLACEMENT OF STORAGE DATA IN A MULTI TIER VIRTUALIZED STORAGE INFRASTRUCTURE - Patent 2404231

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EP 2 404 231 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	11.01.2012 Bulletin 2012/02

(21)	Application number: 10700239.6

(22)	Date of filing: 12.01.2010

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

G06F 3/06^(2006.01)

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/EP2010/050254

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2010/099992 (10.09.2010 Gazette 2010/36)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK SM TR

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Priority:

02.03.2009 EP 09305191

(71)	Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
	Armonk, NY 10504 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	SABLONIERE, Pierre F-92275 Bois Colombes (FR)

(74)	Representative: Gascoyne, Belinda Jane
	IBM United Kingdom Limited MP 110 Hursley Park Winchester Hampshire SO21 2JN Winchester Hampshire SO21 2JN (GB)

(54)	METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR MANAGING THE PLACEMENT OF STORAGE DATA IN A MULTI TIER VIRTUALIZED STORAGE INFRASTRUCTURE