Synchronization cache seeding
    2.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11550819B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-10

    申请号:US16682007

    申请日:2019-11-13

    Applicant: NetApp Inc.

    Abstract: Synchronization metadata is read from non-volatile storage. The synchronization metadata comprises indications of one or more synchronization targets. A synchronization target is a node of a clustered storage system. A synchronization cache is populated with the synchronization metadata. After populating the synchronization cache with at least a portion of the synchronization metadata, a connection to a network is established. After the connection to the network is established, a connection to a first of the one or more synchronization targets is established.

    Synchronous replication
    3.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11262931B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-01

    申请号:US16683427

    申请日:2019-11-14

    Applicant: NetApp Inc.

    Abstract: One or more techniques and/or computing devices are provided for synchronous replication. For example, synchronous replication relationships are established between a first storage object (e.g., a file, a logical unit number (LUN), a consistency group, etc.), hosted by a first storage controller, and a plurality of replication storage objects hosted by other storage controllers. In this way, a write operation to the first storage object is implemented in parallel upon the first storage object and the replication storage objects in a synchronous manner, such as using a zero-copy operation to reduce overhead otherwise introduced by performing copy operations. Reconciliation is performed in response to a failure so that the first storage object and the replication storage objects comprise consistent data. Failed write operations and replication write operations are retried, while enforcing a single write semantic. Dependent write order consistency is enforced for dependent write operations, such as overlapping write operations.

    Synchronous replication for file access protocol storage

    公开(公告)号:US10423584B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-09-24

    申请号:US14948653

    申请日:2015-11-23

    Applicant: NetApp Inc.

    Abstract: One or more techniques and/or computing devices are provided for implementing synchronous replication. For example, a synchronous replication relationship may be established between a local storage controller hosting local storage and a remote storage controller hosting remote storage (e.g., replication may be specified at a file, logical unit number (LUN), or any other level of granularity). Data file operations may be implemented in parallel upon the local storage and the remote storage. Independent metadata file operations may be independently implemented from data file operations upon the local storage, and upon local completion may be remotely implemented upon the remote storage. In-flight data file operations may be drained before dependent metadata file operations are locally implemented upon the local storage, and upon local completion may be remotely implemented upon the remote storage.

    Overlapping write detection and processing for sync replication

    公开(公告)号:US10248341B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-04-02

    申请号:US15933556

    申请日:2018-03-23

    Applicant: NetApp Inc.

    Abstract: A primary write request that is to modify a primary portion of primary data stored in a primary storage node is received. The primary write request is to be replicated to create a current secondary write request. The current secondary write request is to modify a current secondary portion of secondary data that is stored in a secondary storage node. A current data range of the current secondary portion is determined. A determination is made of whether a previous secondary write request is in process of modifying a previous data range that at least partially overlaps with a current data range of the current secondary portion. Execution of the primary write request is suspended, until the previous secondary write request has completed updating the secondary storage node.

    Granular sync/semi-sync architecture

    公开(公告)号:US10135922B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-11-20

    申请号:US15844705

    申请日:2017-12-18

    Applicant: NetApp Inc.

    Abstract: Data consistency and availability can be provided at the granularity of logical storage objects in storage solutions that use storage virtualization in clustered storage environments. To ensure consistency of data across different storage elements, synchronization is performed across the different storage elements. Changes to data are synchronized across storage elements in different clusters by propagating the changes from a primary logical storage object to a secondary logical storage object. To satisfy the strictest RPOs while maintaining performance, change requests are intercepted prior to being sent to a filesystem that hosts the primary logical storage object and propagated to a different managing storage element associated with the secondary logical storage object.

    MOVING A CONSISTENCY GROUP HAVING A REPLICATION RELATIONSHIP

    公开(公告)号:US20170315874A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-11-02

    申请号:US15142186

    申请日:2016-04-29

    Applicant: NetApp Inc.

    CPC classification number: G06F11/2094 G06F11/1441 G06F11/2097

    Abstract: One or more techniques and/or computing devices are provided for moving a consistency group having a replication relation. For example, a first consistency group of storage objects (e.g., files, logical unit numbers (LUNs), etc.) within first storage may have a replication relationship with a second consistency group within second storage (e.g., the second consistency group is maintained as a synchronously replicated copy of the first consistency group). A volume copy operation, a single file move on demand command, a single file restore command, or other functionality is used to move the first consistency group from the first storage to third storage, such as for load balancing, to create a moved first consistency group within the third storage. A new replication relationship is established between the moved first consistency group and the second consistency group, and the moved first consistency group and the second consistency group are resynchronized.

    Moving a consistency group having a replication relationship

    公开(公告)号:US11797406B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-10-24

    申请号:US17947389

    申请日:2022-09-19

    Applicant: NetApp Inc.

    CPC classification number: G06F11/2094 G06F11/1441 G06F11/2097

    Abstract: One or more techniques and/or computing devices are provided for moving a consistency group having a replication relation. For example, a first consistency group of storage objects (e.g., files, logical unit numbers (LUNs), etc.) within first storage may have a replication relationship with a second consistency group within second storage (e.g., the second consistency group is maintained as a synchronously replicated copy of the first consistency group). A volume copy operation, a single file move on demand command, a single file restore command, or other functionality is used to move the first consistency group from the first storage to third storage, such as for load balancing, to create a moved first consistency group within the third storage. A new replication relationship is established between the moved first consistency group and the second consistency group, and the moved first consistency group and the second consistency group are resynchronized.

    Synchronous replication
    10.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11726697B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-08-15

    申请号:US17683009

    申请日:2022-02-28

    Applicant: NetApp Inc.

    Abstract: One or more techniques and/or computing devices are provided for synchronous replication. For example, synchronous replication relationships are established between a first storage object (e.g., a file, a logical unit number (LUN), a consistency group, etc.), hosted by a first storage controller, and a plurality of replication storage objects hosted by other storage controllers. In this way, a write operation to the first storage object is implemented in parallel upon the first storage object and the replication storage objects in a synchronous manner, such as using a zero-copy operation to reduce overhead otherwise introduced by performing copy operations. Reconciliation is performed in response to a failure so that the first storage object and the replication storage objects comprise consistent data. Failed write operations and replication write operations are retried, while enforcing a single write semantic. Dependent write order consistency is enforced for dependent write operations, such as overlapping write operations.

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