公开(公告)号：US20140075105A1

公开(公告)日：2014-03-13

申请号：US14083163

申请日：2013-11-18

Applicant: PURE Storage, Inc.

Inventor： John Colgrove ,  John Hayes ,  Bo Hong ,  Feng Wang ,  Ethan Miller ,  Craig Harmer

IPC: G06F3/06

CPC classification number: G06F3/0611 ,  G06F3/061 ,  G06F3/0613 ,  G06F3/0629 ,  G06F3/0653 ,  G06F3/0655 ,  G06F3/0659 ,  G06F3/0688 ,  G06F11/0727 ,  G06F11/0751 ,  G06F11/1076 ,  G06F11/3034 ,  G06F11/3055 ,  G06F11/3409 ,  G06F11/3485 ,  G06F12/0804 ,  G06F12/0866 ,  G06F2212/262 ,  G06F2212/502

Abstract: A system and method for effectively scheduling read and write operations among a plurality of solid-state storage devices. 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 comprises an I/O scheduler. The characteristics of corresponding storage devices are used to schedule I/O requests to the storage devices in order to maintain relatively consistent response times at predicted times. In order to reduce a likelihood of unscheduled behaviors of the storage devices, the storage controller is configured to schedule proactive operations on the storage devices that will reduce a number of occurrences of unscheduled behaviors.

Abstract translation: 一种用于在多个固态存储设备之间有效地调度读取和写入操作的系统和方法。 计算机系统包括经由网络彼此耦合的客户端计算机和数据存储阵列。 数据存储阵列利用固态驱动器和闪存单元进行数据存储。 数据存储阵列中的存储控制器包括I / O调度器。 相应的存储设备的特性用于将I / O请求调度到存储设备，以便在预测时间内保持相对一致的响应时间。 为了减少存储设备的非预定行为的可能性，存储控制器被配置为对存储设备上的主动操作进行调度，这将减少多个未排程行为的发生。

公开(公告)号：US20130275710A1

公开(公告)日：2013-10-17

申请号：US13919151

申请日：2013-06-17

Applicant: PURE Storage, Inc.

Inventor： John Colgrove ,  John Hayes ,  Bo Hong ,  Feng Wang ,  Ethan Miller ,  Craig Harmer

IPC: G06F3/06

CPC classification number: G06F3/0611 ,  G06F3/06 ,  G06F3/061 ,  G06F3/0613 ,  G06F3/0629 ,  G06F3/0653 ,  G06F3/0655 ,  G06F3/0656 ,  G06F3/0659 ,  G06F3/0683 ,  G06F3/0688 ,  G06F3/0689 ,  G06F12/0238 ,  G06F12/0246 ,  G06F12/08 ,  G06F12/0802 ,  G06F12/0891 ,  G06F2003/0697 ,  G06F2212/60

Abstract: A system and method for effectively scheduling read and write operations among a plurality of solid-state storage devices. 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 comprises an I/O scheduler. The data storage controller is configured to receive requests targeted to the data storage medium, said requests including a first type of operation and a second type of operation. The controller is further configured to schedule requests of the first type for immediate processing by said plurality of storage devices, and queue requests of the second type for later processing by the plurality of storage devices. Operations of the first type may correspond to operations with an expected relatively low latency, and operations of the second type may correspond to operations with an expected relatively high latency.