SHARED LIBRARY IN A DATA STORAGE SYSTEM
    21.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190114088A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-04-18

    申请号:US16155713

    申请日:2018-10-09

    Abstract: The library server according to certain aspects can manage the use of tape drives according to the data requirements of different storage operation cells. The library server according to certain aspects can also facilitate automatic management of tape media in a tape library by allocating the tapes and slots to different cells. For instance, the library server can manage the positioning and placement of the tapes into appropriate slots within the tape library.

    UNIFIED SNAPSHOT STORAGE MANAGEMENT

    公开(公告)号:US20160306712A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-10-20

    申请号:US15195937

    申请日:2016-06-28

    Abstract: An illustrative approach to managing snapshots streamlines how and when snapshots are generated in a storage management system, such that fewer snapshots may be generated without diminishing the scope of data protection. A novel unified-snapshot storage policy may govern snapshots for any number of subclients. A unified-snapshot job based on the unified-snapshot storage policy enables the illustrative storage management system to automatically discover relevant components and generate at most one snapshot per target logical unit number (“LUN”) in a storage array. Each snapshot may comprise the data of any number of subclients and/or clients in the storage management system. Accordingly, one unified-snapshot job may yield a minimum but sufficient number of snapshots comprising data of all subclients associated with the governing unified-snapshot storage policy. An enhanced storage manager may manage the unified-snapshot jobs. One or more enhanced media agents and/or data agents may participate in the unified-snapshot jobs and in subsequent cataloguing of the snapshots.

    SCALABLE AUXILIARY COPY PROCESSING USING MEDIA AGENT RESOURCES
    26.
    发明申请
    SCALABLE AUXILIARY COPY PROCESSING USING MEDIA AGENT RESOURCES 有权
    使用媒体代理资源进行可扩展的辅助复制处理

    公开(公告)号:US20160216904A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-07-28

    申请号:US14604434

    申请日:2015-01-23

    CPC classification number: G06F3/0619 G06F3/061 G06F3/065 G06F3/067 G06F3/0683

    Abstract: A scalable approach is disclosed for processing auxiliary-copy jobs in a storage management system by using distributed media agent resources instead of a centralized storage manager. Enhanced media agents coordinate and control auxiliary-copy jobs and tap the storage manager to reserve data streams and provide job-specific metadata on demand. An enhanced storage manager may initially select a media agent as “coordinator” to coordinate auxiliary-copy jobs with any number of other media agents, which act as “controllers.” A coordinator media agent is generally responsible for obtaining data stream reservation information from the storage manager and assigning auxiliary-copy jobs to respective controller media agents, based on the components involved in the respective reserved data streams.

    Abstract translation: 公开了一种用于通过使用分布式媒体代理资源代替集中式存储管理器在存储管理系统中处理辅助复制作业的可扩展方法。 增强的媒体代理人协调和控制辅助复制作业,并点击存储管理器预留数据流,并根据需要提供特定于作业的元数据。 增强型存储管理器可以最初选择媒体代理作为“协调器”,以将辅助副本作业与任何数量的其他媒体代理进行协调,其作为“控制器”。协调器媒体代理通常负责从 存储管理器,并且基于相应保留数据流中涉及的组件,将辅助复制作业分配给相应的控制器媒体代理。

    DISTRIBUTED DEDUPLICATED STORAGE SYSTEM
    28.
    发明申请
    DISTRIBUTED DEDUPLICATED STORAGE SYSTEM 有权
    分布式重复存储系统

    公开(公告)号:US20150205815A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-07-23

    申请号:US14673586

    申请日:2015-03-30

    Abstract: A distributed, deduplicated storage system according to certain embodiments is arranged in a parallel configuration including multiple deduplication nodes. Deduplicated data is distributed across the deduplication nodes. The deduplication nodes can be networked together and communicate with one another according using a light-weight, customized communication scheme (e.g., a scheme based on FTP or HTTP). In some cases, deduplication management information including deduplication signatures and/or other metadata is stored separately from the deduplicated data in deduplication management nodes, improving performance and scalability.

    Abstract translation: 根据某些实施例的分布式,重复数据消除的存储系统被布置成包括多个重复数据删除节点的并行配置。 重复数据删除节点上分发重复数据删除数据。 重复数据删除节点可以联网在一起,并使用轻量级的定制通信方案(例如,基于FTP或HTTP的方案)相互通信。 在某些情况下,包括重复数据消除签名和/或其他元数据的重复数据消除管理信息与重复数据删除管理节点中的重复数据删除数据分开存储,从而提高性能和可扩展性。

    DATA STORAGE SYSTEM WITH RAPID RESTORE CAPABILITY

    公开(公告)号:US20240333815A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-03

    申请号:US18736975

    申请日:2024-06-07

    CPC classification number: H04L67/5683 H04L67/565 H04L67/1097

    Abstract: An improved information management system that implements a staging area or cache to temporarily store primary data in a native format before the primary data is converted into secondary copies in a secondary format is described herein. For example, the improved information management system can include various media agents that each include one or more high speed drives. When a client computing device provides primary data for conversion into secondary copies, the primary data can initially be stored in the native format in the high speed drive(s). If the client computing device then submits a request for the primary data, the media agent can simply retrieve the primary data from the high speed drive(s) and transmit the primary data to the client computing device. Because the primary data is already in the native format, no conversion operations are performed by the media agent, thereby reducing the restore delay.

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