Distributing metadata across multiple different disruption regions within an asymmetric memory system

    公开(公告)号:US09727452B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-08-08

    申请号:US12335499

    申请日:2008-12-15

    IPC分类号: G06F12/02

    摘要: Metadata that corresponds to application data is distributed across different disruption regions of an asymmetric memory component such that metadata is written in the same disruption region as the application data to which it corresponds. A first block of application data is written to a first disruption region and a second block of application data is written to a second disruption region. A first block of metadata corresponding to the first block of application data and a second block of metadata corresponding to the second block of application data both are generated. The first block of metadata is written to the first disruption region and the second block of metadata is written to the second disruption region such that the first and second blocks of metadata are written to the same disruption regions as the blocks of application data to which they correspond.

    MANAGING THE WRITE PERFORMANCE OF AN ASYMMETRIC MEMORY SYSTEM
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    发明申请
    MANAGING THE WRITE PERFORMANCE OF AN ASYMMETRIC MEMORY SYSTEM 审中-公开
    管理不对称存储系统的写性能

    公开(公告)号:US20140281133A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-09-18

    申请号:US13838699

    申请日:2013-03-15

    IPC分类号: G06F12/02

    摘要: Some implementations include a method of managing a hosted non-volatile random-access memory (NVRAM) based storage subsystem that includes NVRAM devices. The method includes: receiving, at a device driver on the host computing device, write requests each requesting to write a respective unit of data to the NVRAM-based storage subsystem; categorizing the write requests into subgroups of write requests, where write requests within respective subgroups are mutually exclusive; ascertaining a load condition of each of several of the NVRAM devices of the NVRAM-based storage subsystem; identifying a target location on at least one NVRAM device to service a particular subgroup of write requests according to the ascertained load conditions of the NVRAM devices of the NVRAM-based storage subsystem; and servicing the particular subgroup of write requests by writing the corresponding units of data to the identified target location on the at least one NVRAM device of the NVRAM-based storage subsystem.

    摘要翻译: 一些实施方案包括管理基于非易失性随机存取存储器(NVRAM)的存储子系统的方法,该存储子系统包括NVRAM器件。 该方法包括:在主机计算设备上的设备驱动器处,接收每个请求将相应的数据单元写入到基于NVRAM的存储子系统的请求; 将写请求分类为写请求的子组,其中各子组内的写请求是相互排斥的; 确定基于NVRAM的存储子系统的几个NVRAM设备中的每一个的负载状况; 根据所确定的基于NVRAM的存储子系统的NVRAM设备的负载条件,在至少一个NVRAM设备上识别目标位置来服务特定的写请求子组; 以及通过将相应的数据单元写入到基于NVRAM的存储子系统的至少一个NVRAM设备上的所识别的目标位置来为特定的写请求组提供服务。