ADAPTING TO HETEROGENEOUS BACKEND TARGETS IN A STORAGE SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20170249331A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-08-31

    申请号:US15053904

    申请日:2016-02-25

    Applicant: NetApp, Inc.

    CPC classification number: G06F16/183 G06F11/1448 G06F16/13 G06F16/188

    Abstract: A system has been designed that uses defined, abstracted object commands to facilitate adaptation to heterogeneous backend targets. The backend targets are heterogeneous at least in terms of data access protocols. The architecture of the system allows the system to adapt to changes in data access protocols and addition of data access protocols. The system can operate as a bridge between multiple instances of multiple file systems and the heterogeneous backend targets. The system directs the abstracted object commands to an object storage adapter. The object storage adapter is designed to route a defined, abstracted object command to at least one of a number of modules that translate the abstracted object command.

    OBJECT STORAGE BACKED FILE SYSTEM CACHE
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20170091262A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-03-30

    申请号:US14866799

    申请日:2015-09-25

    Applicant: NetApp, Inc.

    Abstract: A system and method for managing file system commands directed to an object storage. The method includes an OSFS cache receiving, from an object backed storage file system, a transaction request that includes a transaction group of one or more object-based operations generated from a file system command. The OSFS cache determines whether the transaction request is an update request, and in response to the determining that the transaction request is an update request, the OSFS cache records the object-based operations in an intent log record that associates the object-based operations with the transaction group. In response to recording all of the object-based operations within the transaction group, the OSFS cache issues a completion signal to the object backed storage file system.

    WRITE-BACK CACHE TRANSACTION REPLICATION TO OBJECT-BASED STORAGE

    公开(公告)号:US20170091215A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-03-30

    申请号:US14866792

    申请日:2015-09-25

    Applicant: NetApp, Inc.

    CPC classification number: G06F16/172 G06F16/184

    Abstract: A system and method for replicating object-based operations generated based on file system commands. In one aspect, a object storage backed file system cache includes a replication engine that selects, from an intent log, records for multiple transaction groups. Each of the records may associate an object-based operation with a transaction group identifier that is associated with a file system command from which the object-based operation was generated. The replication engine identifies transaction groups that each include at least one object-based operation associated with a same transaction group identifier and reads object data associated with at least one of the object-based operations. The replication engine determines operation dependencies among the transaction groups based on the object data and sequences the transaction groups for replication based on the determined operation dependencies.

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