公开(公告)号：US20140089278A1

公开(公告)日：2014-03-27

申请号：US13625596

申请日：2012-09-24

申请人： Dan Lovinger ,  Spencer Shepler ,  Vladimir Sadovsky

发明人： Dan Lovinger ,  Spencer Shepler ,  Vladimir Sadovsky

IPC分类号： G06F17/30

CPC分类号： G06F17/30194 ,  G06F1/3203 ,  G06F11/1402 ,  G06F17/30011 ,  G06F17/30017 ,  G06F17/30067 ,  G06F17/3007 ,  G06F17/30082 ,  G06F17/30091

摘要： Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for a method and system for storing content based on one or more attributes associated with the content. Specifically, the present disclosure provides for determining storage capabilities of one or more storage devices associated with a computing device and also determining a retention policy associated with the content. In certain embodiments, the retention policy is identified by the one or more attributes. When the retention policy and the capabilities of the one or more storage devices have been determined, the content is written to the one or more storage devices based on the retention policy.

摘要翻译： 本公开的实施例提供了一种用于基于与内容相关联的一个或多个属性来存储内容的方法和系统。 具体地，本公开提供了确定与计算设备相关联的一个或多个存储设备的存储能力，并且还确定与内容相关联的保留策略。 在某些实施例中，保留策略由一个或多个属性来标识。 当确定一个或多个存储设备的保留策略和功能时，基于保留策略将内容写入一个或多个存储设备。

公开(公告)号：US20090327355A1

公开(公告)日：2009-12-31

申请号：US12165545

申请日：2008-06-30

申请人： Brian L. Wong ,  David Robinson ,  Spencer Shepler ,  Richard J. McDougall

发明人： Brian L. Wong ,  David Robinson ,  Spencer Shepler ,  Richard J. McDougall

IPC分类号： G06F17/30

CPC分类号： G06F16/128 ,  G06F11/1458 ,  G06F2201/84

摘要： A system and method for coordinating a point-in-time copy (PITC) of a file or set of data distributed (e.g., striped) across multiple data providers (e.g., filers, file servers, storage arrays). A service coordinator receives a PITC request for a parent file, initializes the PITC's metadata and instructs the data providers to generate PITC subcomponents for the portions (e.g., sub-mirrors) of the file that they store. A scoreboard is created to track the status of the PITC, and includes an entry for each PITC subcomponent. Quality of service characteristics for the PITC may be copied from the parent and/or received with the request. If those characteristics cannot be attained, the PITC may be aborted. As PITC subcomponents are completed, they are returned to the service coordinator for assembly of the PITC.

摘要翻译： 一种用于协调跨多个数据提供者（例如，文件服务器，文件服务器，存储阵列）分发（例如，条带化）的文件或数据集合的时间点副本（PITC）的系统和方法。 服务协调器接收对父文件的PITC请求，初始化PITC的元数据，并指示数据提供者为其存储的文件的部分（例如，子镜像）生成PITC子组件。 创建记分牌以跟踪PITC的状态，并包括每个PITC子组件的条目。 PITC的服务质量特征可以从父母复制和/或接收请求。 如果这些特征无法实现，PITC可能会被中止。 当PITC子组件完成后，它们将返回给服务协调器以组装PITC。

公开(公告)号：US5742833A

公开(公告)日：1998-04-21

申请号：US565375

申请日：1995-11-30

申请人： Frank Dea ,  Son Hung Lam ,  Spencer Shepler ,  Gary Yuh Tsao

发明人： Frank Dea ,  Son Hung Lam ,  Spencer Shepler ,  Gary Yuh Tsao

IPC分类号： G06F1/32 ,  G06F15/177 ,  H04L12/12 ,  G06F1/00 ,  G06F1/18

CPC分类号： G06F1/3209 ,  H04L12/12 ,  Y02B60/34

摘要： A frame-address matching function of a network controller is enhanced. In a full power-on mode, the controller performs conventional functions. In the low-power mode, the controller includes frame-address and frame-data matching, as well as pre-determined and programmable autonomous response to network protocol. If a match occurs with respect to the frame destination address or frame data, the system associated with the controller is placed in a wake-up state. If the controller is programmed to perform pattern matching inside the frame data area, upon such match in the frame data area the controller will generate and transmit on the network a simple response packet automatically. Conversely, if a match is not detected, no action is taken. The frame-data patterns are programmable with the capability to mask out certain data fields as desired which are protocol dependent and are substantially protocol dependent.

摘要翻译： 增强了网络控制器的帧地址匹配功能。 在完全上电模式下，控制器执行常规功能。 在低功耗模式下，控制器包括帧地址和帧数据匹配，以及对网络协议的预定和可编程的自主响应。 如果相对于帧目的地地址或帧数据发生匹配，则与控制器相关联的系统被置于唤醒状态。 如果控制器被编程为在帧数据区域内执行模式匹配，则在帧数据区域中的这种匹配时，控制器将自动在网络上生成并发送简单的响应分组。 相反，如果未检测到匹配，则不采取任何操作。 帧数据模式可编程，具有根据需要屏蔽某些数据字段的能力，这些数据字段依赖于协议，并且基本上是协议相关的。

公开(公告)号：US07809848B1

公开(公告)日：2010-10-05

申请号：US11080213

申请日：2005-03-15

申请人： Richard J. McDougall ,  David Robinson ,  Spencer Shepler ,  Brian L. Wong ,  Glenn A. Colaco

发明人： Richard J. McDougall ,  David Robinson ,  Spencer Shepler ,  Brian L. Wong ,  Glenn A. Colaco

IPC分类号： G06F15/16

CPC分类号： H04L67/40 ,  H04L67/2833 ,  H04L69/32

摘要： A system and method for decreasing the protocol processing incurred by an NFS (Network File System) client, and the network bandwidth consumed, when multiple NFS requests are issued close in time to each other. Requests received close in time to each other within one NFS client are aggregated into a single communication packet, even if they are from different NFS users, processes or applications. The per-request overhead of the NFS requests is thus avoided, and multiple streams of requests may be merged into one. When a first request is received by the client, it may be delayed for a short time to determine whether any other requests can be sent at the same time. NFS requests may be aggregated on an NFS client from multiple applications, processes, users or other entities. An NFS client may include an aggregator or other mechanism for performing the aggregation.

摘要翻译： 当多个NFS请求在时间上相互发出时，减少由NFS（网络文件系统）客户端引起的协议处理以及消耗的网络带宽的系统和方法。 一个NFS客户端内的时间接近的请求被聚合成单个通信包，即使它们来自不同的NFS用户，进程或应用程序。 因此避免了NFS请求的每请求开销，并且可以将多个请求流合并成一个。 当客户端收到第一个请求时，可能会延迟很短的时间，以确定是否可以同时发送其他请求。 NFS请求可以在多个应用程序，进程，用户或其他实体的NFS客户端上聚合。 NFS客户端可以包括用于执行聚合的聚合器或其他机制。

公开(公告)号：US20050240725A1

公开(公告)日：2005-10-27

申请号：US10831936

申请日：2004-04-26

申请人： David Robinson ,  Brian Wong ,  Spencer Shepler ,  Richard McDougall

发明人： David Robinson ,  Brian Wong ,  Spencer Shepler ,  Richard McDougall

IPC分类号： G06F3/06 ,  G06F12/00

CPC分类号： G06F3/0643 ,  G06F3/0613 ,  G06F3/0632 ,  G06F3/0689 ,  G06F11/1076

摘要： A file is striped across multiple filers, file servers or other devices, to create a sparsely striped multi-component file. Each filer stores one sparse component. In particular, each component physically stores only those stripes allocated to that component. The other stripes are represented as holes. Thus, instead of contiguously packing each component's stripes at the block level, each component is a file having the same logical structure. A component of a sparsely striped multi-component file can be easily converted to a mirror by filling in its holes. Similarly, a mirror can be easily converted to one component of a sparsely striped multi-component file by removing or ignoring it unallocated stripes. In either case, the layout or logical of the component does not need to be reconfigured.

摘要翻译： 文件跨多个文件管理器，文件服务器或其他设备进行条带化，以创建一个稀疏条纹的多组件文件。 每个文件管理器存储一个稀疏组件。 特别地，每个组件仅物理地存储分配给该组件的那些条带。 其他条纹表示为孔。 因此，代替在块级别连续地打包每个组件的条带，每个组件是具有相同逻辑结构的文件。 稀疏条纹的多组分文件的一个组件可以通过填充其孔洞轻松地转换成镜像。 类似地，通过删除或忽略它未分配的条纹，可以容易地将镜像转换为稀疏条纹的多组分文件的一个组件。 在这两种情况下，组件的布局或逻辑不需要重新配置。

公开(公告)号：US06185615B2

公开(公告)日：2001-02-06

申请号：US09513404

申请日：2000-02-25

申请人： Ricardo Labiaga ,  Spencer Shepler ,  Michael D. Kupfer

发明人： Ricardo Labiaga ,  Spencer Shepler ,  Michael D. Kupfer

IPC分类号： G06F1300

CPC分类号： H04L29/06 ,  H04L67/40

摘要： Improved logging techniques that produce transaction logs are disclosed. The logging techniques are able to consolidate multiple related partial operations performed on a server device into a single log entry in a transaction log. Accordingly, the logging techniques are well suited for logging operations of protocols in which transactions are often completed over multiple operations. The logging techniques are particularly well suited for logging access to NFS file and/or directory resources with respect to a NFS server, even when the NFS operations are performed via Remote Procedure Calls (RPCs) to the NFS server.

摘要翻译： 公开了改进的生成事务日志的日志记录技术。 记录技术能够将在服务器设备上执行的多个相关的部分操作合并到事务日志中的单个日志条目中。 因此，记录技术非常适合于通常在多个操作中完成事务的协议的记录操作。 即使通过NFS服务器的远程过程调用（RPC）执行NFS操作，日志记录技术特别适用于对NFS服务器访问NFS文件和/或目录资源。

公开(公告)号：US07945657B1

公开(公告)日：2011-05-17

申请号：US11093998

申请日：2005-03-30

申请人： Richard J. McDougall ,  Spencer Shepler ,  Brian L. Wong

发明人： Richard J. McDougall ,  Spencer Shepler ,  Brian L. Wong

IPC分类号： G06F15/167 ,  G06F15/173 ,  G06F15/16 ,  G06F13/10 ,  G06F9/44 ,  G06F13/12 ,  G06F9/45 ,  G06F13/00 ,  G06F9/26 ,  G06F9/46 ,  G06F3/00

CPC分类号： G06F11/3457 ,  G06F11/3428

摘要： A system and method for emulating the input/output performance of an application. A workload description language is used to produce a small but accurate model of the application, which is flexible enough to emulate the application's performance with varying underlying system configurations or operating parameters. The model describes I/O operations performed by the application, and reflects any dependencies that exist between different application threads or processes. The model is then executed or interpreted with a particular system configuration, and various parameters of the I/O operations may be set at the model's run-time. During execution, the input/output operations described in the model are generated according to the specified parameters, and are performed. The system configuration and/or I/O operation parameters may be altered and the model may be re-run.

摘要翻译： 用于模拟应用程序的输入/输出性能的系统和方法。 使用工作负载描述语言来生成应用程序的小而精确的模型，该模型足够灵活，可以通过不同的底层系统配置或操作参数来模拟应用程序的性能。 该模型描述了应用程序执行的I / O操作，并反映了不同应用程序线程或进程之间存在的任何依赖关系。 然后，使用特定的系统配置执行或解释该模型，并且可以在模型的运行时设置I / O操作的各种参数。 在执行期间，模型中描述的输入/输出操作根据指定的参数生成，并被执行。 可以改变系统配置和/或I / O操作参数，并且可以重新运行模型。

公开(公告)号：US07836387B1

公开(公告)日：2010-11-16

申请号：US11118885

申请日：2005-04-29

申请人： Brian L. Wong ,  David Robinson ,  Spencer Shepler ,  Richard J. McDougall

发明人： Brian L. Wong ,  David Robinson ,  Spencer Shepler ,  Richard J. McDougall

IPC分类号： G06F7/02

CPC分类号： H04L63/123 ,  G06F21/606

摘要： A system and method for ensuring or verifying the integrity of data transmitted between protection domains. When the data is transmitted, it may be received in a different logical configuration (e.g., as a different number of “chunks”). The receiving domain computes its data integrity metadata (e.g., checksum, CRC, parity) on its form of the data using its protection scheme (e.g., checksum algorithm), and also applies the sending domain's protection scheme to the data as it was received from the sending domain. Similarly, the sending domain applies the receiving domain's protection scheme to compute data integrity metadata on the transmitted data as it appears in the receiving domain. The metadata may be compared to determine whether the data was corrupted during the transfer. Either domain may forward its data integrity metadata to the other, which may store and/or forward it as needed.

摘要翻译： 一种用于确保或验证在保护域之间传输的数据的完整性的系统和方法。 当发送数据时，可以以不同的逻辑配置（例如，作为不同数量的“块”）来接收数据。 接收域使用其保护方案（例如，校验和算法）在其数据形式上计算其数据完整性元数据（例如，校验和，CRC，奇偶校验），并且还将发送域的保护方案应用于从 发送域。 类似地，发送域应用接收域的保护方案来计算出现在接收域中的发送数据的数据完整性元数据。 可以比较元数据以确定在传输期间数据是否已损坏。 任一域可以将其数据完整性元数据转发给另一个，这可以根据需要存储和/或转发它。

公开(公告)号：US07739352B2

公开(公告)日：2010-06-15

申请号：US10831096

申请日：2004-04-23

申请人： Brian L. Wong ,  David Robinson ,  Richard J. McDougall ,  Spencer Shepler

发明人： Brian L. Wong ,  David Robinson ,  Richard J. McDougall ,  Spencer Shepler

IPC分类号： G06F15/16 ,  G06F12/00

CPC分类号： G06F17/30088

摘要： A system and method for facilitating a consistent point-in-time copy (PITC). A data provider offers access to data by one or more clients. A client issues a PITC request for a set of data to the data provider, or the provider initiates its own request. The data provider instructs one or more clients, particularly clients accessing the set of data, to flush any pending updates involving the files. The clients acknowledge the flush request, flush their data, and notify the data provider when their flushes are complete. Post-consistency updates are deferred (e.g., using a write-aside buffer). If a client fails to acknowledge the flush request or notify of flush completion, the data provider may abort the PITC or continue because the data may not be consistent or consistency may not be assured. If not aborted, the PITC may be marked to indicate that it is incomplete.

摘要翻译： 用于促进一致的时间点复制（PITC）的系统和方法。 数据提供者提供一个或多个客户端对数据的访问。 客户端向数据提供者发出一组数据的PITC请求，或者提供者发起自己的请求。 数据提供者指示一个或多个客户端，特别是访问该组数据的客户端，以刷新涉及文件的任何未决更新。 客户端确认刷新请求，刷新其数据，并在其刷新完成时通知数据提供者。 后期一致性更新被推迟（例如，使用写入缓冲区）。 如果客户端无法确认刷新请求或通知刷新完成，则数据提供者可能会中止PITC或继续，因为数据可能不一致或一致性可能无法保证。 如果没有中止，PITC可能被标记为表示它是不完整的。

公开(公告)号：US20050240632A1

公开(公告)日：2005-10-27

申请号：US10831096

申请日：2004-04-23

申请人： Brian Wong ,  David Robinson ,  Richard McDougall ,  Spencer Shepler

发明人： Brian Wong ,  David Robinson ,  Richard McDougall ,  Spencer Shepler

IPC分类号： G06F11/14 ,  G06F17/30 ,  G06F12/00

CPC分类号： G06F17/30088

摘要： A system and method for facilitating a consistent point-in-time copy (PITC). A data provider offers access to data by one or more clients. A client issues a PITC request for a set of data to the data provider, or the provider initiates its own request. The data provider instructs one or more clients, particularly clients accessing the set of data, to flush any pending updates involving the files. The clients acknowledge the flush request, flush their data, and notify the data provider when their flushes are complete. Post-consistency updates are deferred (e.g., using a write-aside buffer). If a client fails to acknowledge the flush request or notify of flush completion, the data provider may abort the PITC or continue because the data may not be consistent or consistency may not be assured. If not aborted, the PITC may be marked to indicate that it is incomplete.

摘要翻译： 用于促进一致的时间点复制（PITC）的系统和方法。 数据提供者提供一个或多个客户端对数据的访问。 客户端向数据提供者发出一组数据的PITC请求，或者提供者发起自己的请求。 数据提供者指示一个或多个客户端，特别是访问该组数据的客户端，以刷新涉及文件的任何未决更新。 客户端确认刷新请求，刷新其数据，并在其刷新完成时通知数据提供者。 后期一致性更新被推迟（例如，使用写入缓冲区）。 如果客户端无法确认刷新请求或通知刷新完成，则数据提供者可能会中止PITC或继续，因为数据可能不一致或一致性可能无法保证。 如果没有中止，PITC可能被标记为表示它是不完整的。