Mediation for synchronous replication

    公开(公告)号:US11379285B1

    公开(公告)日:2022-07-05

    申请号:US16778183

    申请日:2020-01-31

    Abstract: Determining active membership among storage systems synchronously replicating a dataset, where determining active membership includes: detecting, by a particular storage system of the storage systems, a communication fault with one or more of the storage systems, where the particular storage system is configured to request mediation from a mediation target; determining that at least one of the one or more storage systems is configured to request mediation from the mediation target responsive to the communication fault; and responsive to determining that one or more of the storage systems is configured to request mediation from the mediation target, determining whether to request mediation from the mediation target.

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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220012172A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-13

    申请号:US16923190

    申请日:2020-07-08

    Abstract: A system with storage memory and a processing device has a logical deletion to physical erasure time bound. The system dereferences data, responsive to a direction to delete the data. The system monitors physical blocks in storage memory for live data and the dereferenced data. The system cooperates garbage collection with monitoring the physical blocks, so that at least a physical block having the dereferenced data is garbage collected and erased within a logical deletion to physical erasure time bound.

    Indicating total storage capacity for a storage device

    公开(公告)号:US11163448B1

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-02

    申请号:US16555417

    申请日:2019-08-29

    Inventor: John Colgrove

    Abstract: Adjusting storage capacity in a computing system that includes a computing device configured to send access requests to a storage device characterized by a first storage capacity, including: reducing data; determining, in dependence upon an amount of storage capacity saved by reducing the data, an updated storage capacity for the storage device; and exporting an updated storage capacity to the computing device.

    Proactively rebuilding data in a storage cluster

    公开(公告)号:US11068363B1

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-20

    申请号:US14296164

    申请日:2014-06-04

    Abstract: A method for proactively rebuilding user data in a plurality of storage nodes of a storage cluster in a single chassis is provided. The method includes distributing user data and metadata throughout the plurality of storage nodes such that the plurality of storage nodes can read the user data, using erasure coding, despite loss of two of the plurality of storage nodes. The method includes determining to rebuild the user data for one of the plurality of storage nodes in the absences of an error condition. The method includes rebuilding the user data for the one of the plurality of storage nodes. A plurality of storage nodes within a single chassis that can proactively rebuild the user data stored within the storage nodes is also provided.

    Distributed multi-level protection in a RAID array based storage system

    公开(公告)号:USRE48448E1

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-23

    申请号:US15917339

    申请日:2018-03-09

    Abstract: A system and method for dynamic RAID geometries. A computer system comprises client computers and data storage arrays coupled to one another via a network. A data storage array utilizes solid-state drives and Flash memory cells for data storage. A storage controller within a data storage array is configured to configure a first subset of the storage devices for use in a first RAID layout, the first RAID layout including a first set of redundant data. The controller further configures a second subset of the storage devices for use in a second RAID layout, the second RAID layout including a second set of redundant data. Additionally, when writing a stripe, the controller may select from any of the plurality of storage devices for one or more of the first RAID layout, the second RAID layout, and storage of redundant data by the additional logical device.

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