Functions overview for active flash and Dynamic Tiering

Tier mangement functions show in the following table.

Category

Functions

active flash

Dynamic Tiering

Initial page allocation

Assigning new pages to the write data of the host

Supported

Supported

Monitoring of performance

Monitoring tiers based on the specified cycle time

Supported

N/A

Tier relocation

Promoting pages to the tier which is determined by the scheduled performance monitoring

Supported

Supported

Promoting pages from the tier 2 or 3 to tier 1, the pages where the latest access frequency is suddenly high

Supported

N/A

To maintain capacity in the tier 1, demoting pages from the tier 1 to tier 2 or 3, the pages where the latest access frequency is low

Supported

N/A