Booting Devices Using Virtual Storage Arrays Over Wide-Area Networks
    1.
    发明申请
    Booting Devices Using Virtual Storage Arrays Over Wide-Area Networks 有权
    引导设备在广域网上使用虚拟存储阵列

    公开(公告)号:US20120030456A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-02-02

    申请号:US13166321

    申请日:2011-06-22

    IPC分类号: G06F15/177

    摘要: Virtual storage arrays consolidate data storage at a data center for physical and virtual computer systems at one or more branch network locations. Standalone and virtualized computer systems at a branch network location load, execute, and store their operating systems, applications, and data using virtual storage arrays and do not require any built-in or external non-volatile data storage devices such as hard disk drives or solid-state drives at the branch network location. The virtual disks of the virtual storage array are mapped to physical data storage at the data center and accessed via a WAN using storage block-based protocols. A storage block cache at the branch network location includes storage blocks prefetched based on knowledge about the computer systems at the branch network location and the behavior of their operating systems and applications.

    摘要翻译: 虚拟存储阵列将物理和虚拟计算机系统的数据中心的数据存储整合到一个或多个分支网络位置。 分支网络位置的独立虚拟化计算机系统使用虚拟存储阵列加载,执行和存储其操作系统,应用程序和数据,并且不需要任何内置或外部非易失性数据存储设备,如硬盘驱动器或 固态驱动器在分支网络位置。 虚拟存储阵列的虚拟磁盘映射到数据中心的物理数据存储,并使用基于存储块的协议通过WAN访问。 分支网络位置处的存储块高速缓存包括基于关于分支网络位置处的计算机系统的知识以及其操作系统和应用的行为而预取的存储块。

    VIRTUALIZED DATA STORAGE SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE
    2.
    发明申请
    VIRTUALIZED DATA STORAGE SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE 审中-公开
    虚拟化数据存储系统架构

    公开(公告)号:US20100241673A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-09-23

    申请号:US12730185

    申请日:2010-03-23

    IPC分类号: G06F17/30 G06F9/455

    摘要: Virtual storage arrays consolidate branch data storage at data centers connected via wide area networks. Virtual storage arrays appear to storage clients as local data storage; however, virtual storage arrays actually store data at the data center. The virtual storage arrays overcomes bandwidth and latency limitations of the wide area network by predicting and prefetching storage blocks, which are then cached at the branch location. Virtual storage arrays leverage an understanding of the semantics and structure of high-level data structures associated with storage blocks to predict which storage blocks are likely to be requested by a storage client in the near future. Virtual storage arrays determine the association between requested storage blocks and corresponding high-level data structure entities to predict additional high-level data structure entities that are likely to be accessed. From this, the virtual storage array identifies the additional storage blocks for prefetching.

    摘要翻译: 虚拟存储阵列将通过广域网连接的数据中心的分支数据存储整合。 虚拟存储阵列对存储客户端显示为本地数据存储; 然而,虚拟存储阵列实际上将数据存储在数据中心。 虚拟存储阵列通过预测和预取存储块来克服广域网的带宽和延迟限制,然后将存储块缓存在分支位置。 虚拟存储阵列利用对与存储块相关联的高级数据结构的语义和结构的理解,以预测存储客户端在不久的将来可能要求哪些存储块。 虚拟存储阵列确定所请求的存储块和相应的高级数据结构实体之间的关联,以预测可能被访问的附加高级数据结构实体。 从此,虚拟存储阵列识别用于预取的附加存储块。

    Virtualized data storage system architecture

    公开(公告)号:US10831721B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-11-10

    申请号:US12730185

    申请日:2010-03-23

    摘要: Virtual storage arrays consolidate branch data storage at data centers connected via wide area networks. Virtual storage arrays appear to storage clients as local data storage; however, virtual storage arrays actually store data at the data center. The virtual storage arrays overcomes bandwidth and latency limitations of the wide area network by predicting and prefetching storage blocks, which are then cached at the branch location. Virtual storage arrays leverage an understanding of the semantics and structure of high-level data structures associated with storage blocks to predict which storage blocks are likely to be requested by a storage client in the near future. Virtual storage arrays determine the association between requested storage blocks and corresponding high-level data structure entities to predict additional high-level data structure entities that are likely to be accessed. From this, the virtual storage array identifies the additional storage blocks for prefetching.

    Booting devices using virtual storage arrays over wide-area networks
    4.
    发明授权
    Booting devices using virtual storage arrays over wide-area networks 有权
    使用虚拟存储阵列在广域网上引导设备

    公开(公告)号:US08677111B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-03-18

    申请号:US13166321

    申请日:2011-06-22

    IPC分类号: G06F15/177

    摘要: Virtual storage arrays consolidate data storage at a data center for physical and virtual computer systems at one or more branch network locations. Standalone and virtualized computer systems at a branch network location load, execute, and store their operating systems, applications, and data using virtual storage arrays and do not require any built-in or external non-volatile data storage devices such as hard disk drives or solid-state drives at the branch network location. The virtual disks of the virtual storage array are mapped to physical data storage at the data center and accessed via a WAN using storage block-based protocols. A storage block cache at the branch network location includes storage blocks prefetched based on knowledge about the computer systems at the branch network location and the behavior of their operating systems and applications.

    摘要翻译: 虚拟存储阵列将物理和虚拟计算机系统的数据中心的数据存储整合到一个或多个分支网络位置。 分支网络位置的独立虚拟化计算机系统使用虚拟存储阵列加载,执行和存储其操作系统,应用程序和数据,并且不需要任何内置或外部非易失性数据存储设备,如硬盘驱动器或 固态驱动器在分支网络位置。 虚拟存储阵列的虚拟磁盘映射到数据中心的物理数据存储,并使用基于存储块的协议通过WAN访问。 分支网络位置处的存储块高速缓存包括基于关于分支网络位置处的计算机系统的知识以及其操作系统和应用的行为而预取的存储块。

    VIRTUALIZED DATA STORAGE SYSTEM CACHE MANAGEMENT
    5.
    发明申请
    VIRTUALIZED DATA STORAGE SYSTEM CACHE MANAGEMENT 审中-公开
    虚拟化数据存储系统高速缓存管理

    公开(公告)号:US20100241807A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-09-23

    申请号:US12730192

    申请日:2010-03-23

    IPC分类号: G06F12/08 G06F12/00

    摘要: Virtual storage arrays consolidate branch data storage at data centers connected via wide area networks. Virtual storage arrays appear to storage clients as local data storage; however, virtual storage arrays actually store data at the data center. The virtual storage arrays overcomes bandwidth and latency limitations of the wide area network by predicting and prefetching storage blocks, which are then cached at the branch location. Virtual storage arrays leverage an understanding of the semantics and structure of high-level data structures associated with storage blocks to predict which storage blocks are likely to be requested by a storage client in the near future. Virtual storage arrays determine the association between requested storage blocks and corresponding high-level data structure entities to predict additional high-level data structure entities that are likely to be accessed. From this, the virtual storage array identifies the additional storage blocks for prefetching.

    摘要翻译: 虚拟存储阵列将通过广域网连接的数据中心的分支数据存储整合。 虚拟存储阵列对存储客户端显示为本地数据存储; 然而,虚拟存储阵列实际上将数据存储在数据中心。 虚拟存储阵列通过预测和预取存储块来克服广域网的带宽和延迟限制,然后将存储块缓存在分支位置。 虚拟存储阵列利用对与存储块相关联的高级数据结构的语义和结构的理解,以预测存储客户端在不久的将来可能要求哪些存储块。 虚拟存储阵列确定所请求的存储块和相应的高级数据结构实体之间的关联,以预测可能被访问的附加高级数据结构实体。 从此,虚拟存储阵列识别用于预取的附加存储块。

    TRANSACTION ACCELERATOR FOR CLIENT-SERVER COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS
    6.
    发明申请
    TRANSACTION ACCELERATOR FOR CLIENT-SERVER COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS 有权
    用于客户端服务器通信系统的交换加速器

    公开(公告)号:US20120197965A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-08-02

    申请号:US13441681

    申请日:2012-04-06

    IPC分类号: G06F15/16

    摘要: Self-discovering transaction accelerators improve communications between a client and a server. A client directs a message to a server. A client-side transaction accelerator intercepts the message, terminates the connection with the client, and accelerates the request by replacing segments of data with references. The accelerated request is forwarded to a server-side transaction accelerator through a new connection. The server-side transaction accelerator reconstructs the message by replacing the reference with segment data in a persistent segment store accessible to the server-side transaction accelerator. The reconstructed request is then provided to the server. Accelerations may occur in any direction of communication. Persistent segment stores can be pre-populated with segment data from other transaction accelerators and anticipated transactions. The persistent segment store can store segments that are data segmented based on content of the data and can be independent of transaction protocol, application, and device.

    摘要翻译: 自发发现事务加速器可改善客户端与服务器之间的通信。 客户端将消息指向服务器。 客户端事务加速器拦截消息,终止与客户端的连接,并通过用引用替换数据段来加速请求。 加速请求通过新连接转发到服务器端事务加速器。 服务器端事务加速器通过将服务器端事务加速器可访问的持久段存储中的段数据替换为引用数据来重构消息。 然后将重建的请求提供给服务器。 加速可能发生在任何通信方向。 可以使用来自其他事务加速器和预期事务的段数据预先填充持久性段存储。 持久段存储可以存储基于数据内容进行数据分段的段,并且可以独立于事务协议,应用和设备。

    Transparent client-server transaction accelerator
    7.
    发明授权
    Transparent client-server transaction accelerator 有权
    透明的客户端 - 服务器事务加速器

    公开(公告)号:US08069225B2

    公开(公告)日:2011-11-29

    申请号:US10640405

    申请日:2003-08-12

    IPC分类号: G06F15/16

    摘要: In a network that conveys requests from clients to servers and responses from servers to clients, a network transaction accelerator for accelerating transactions involving data transfer between at least one client and at least one server over a network comprising a client-side engine, a server-side engine and a transaction predictor configured to predict, based on past transactions, which transactions are likely to occur in the future between the client and server. The transaction predictor might be in the server-side engine, the client-side engine, or both. The client-side engine receives indications of requests from the client, a transaction buffer for storing results of predicted transactions received from the server or the server-side engine ahead of receipt of a corresponding request, and a collator for collating the requests from the client with the stored results or received results, wherein a request and a response that are matched by the collator are identified and the matched response is provided to the client in response to the matched request. The server-side engine receives indications of transactions including requests and responses and conveys requests to the server in response to actual transactions or predicted transactions.

    摘要翻译: 在将来自客户机的请求传达到服务器的请求和从服务器到客户机的响应的网络中,提供一种网络事务加速器,用于加速涉及通过网络的至少一个客户端与至少一个服务器之间的数据传输的事务,包括客户端引擎, 侧面引擎和事务预测器被配置为基于过去的事务来预测在将来在客户端和服务器之间可能发生的事务。 事务预测器可能位于服务器端引擎,客户端引擎或两者中。 客户端引擎接收来自客户端的请求的指示,用于存储从接收到相应请求之前从服务器或服务器端引擎接收到的预测事务的结果的事务缓冲器,以及用于对来自客户机的请求进行整理的归类器 存储结果或接收结果,其中识别由归类器匹配的请求和响应,并且响应于匹配的请求将匹配响应提供给客户端。 服务器端引擎接收包括请求和响应的事务的指示,并且响应于实际的事务或预测的事务将请求传送到服务器。

    Virtualized data storage applications and optimizations
    8.
    发明授权
    Virtualized data storage applications and optimizations 有权
    虚拟化数据存储应用程序和优化

    公开(公告)号:US08504670B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-08-06

    申请号:US12818872

    申请日:2010-06-18

    IPC分类号: G06F15/173

    CPC分类号: G06F17/30233

    摘要: Virtual storage arrays consolidate branch data storage at data centers connected via wide area networks. Virtual storage arrays appear to storage clients as local data storage, but actually store data at the data center. Virtual storage arrays may prioritize storage client and prefetching requests for communication over the WAN and/or SAN based on their associated clients, servers, storage clients, and/or applications. A virtual storage array may transfer large data sets from a data center to a branch location while providing branch location users with immediate access to the data set stored at the data center. Virtual storage arrays may be migrated by disabling a virtual storage array interface at a first branch location and then configuring another branch virtual storage array interface at a second branch location to provide its storage clients with access to storage array data stored at the data center.

    摘要翻译: 虚拟存储阵列将通过广域网连接的数据中心的分支数据存储整合。 虚拟存储阵列对存储客户端显示为本地数据存储,但实际上将数据存储在数据中心。 虚拟存储阵列可以根据其相关联的客户端,服务器,存储客户端和/或应用程序优先考虑存储客户端和通过WAN和/或SAN进行通信的预取请求。 虚拟存储阵列可以将大数据集从数据中心传送到分支位置,同时为分支位置用户提供对存储在数据中心的数据集的即时访问。 可以通过在第一分支位置处禁用虚拟存储阵列接口然后在第二分支位置配置另一个分支虚拟存储阵列接口来向其存储客户端提供对存储在数据中心的存储阵列数据的访问来迁移虚拟存储阵列。

    Transaction accelerator for client-server communications systems
    9.
    发明授权
    Transaction accelerator for client-server communications systems 有权
    客户端 - 服务器通信系统的事务加速器

    公开(公告)号:US08402085B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-03-19

    申请号:US13441681

    申请日:2012-04-06

    IPC分类号: G06F15/16

    摘要: Self-discovering transaction accelerators improve communications between a client and a server. A client directs a message to a server. A client-side transaction accelerator intercepts the message, terminates the connection with the client, and accelerates the request by replacing segments of data with references. The accelerated request is forwarded to a server-side transaction accelerator through a new connection. The server-side transaction accelerator reconstructs the message by replacing the reference with segment data in a persistent segment store accessible to the server-side transaction accelerator. The reconstructed request is then provided to the server. Accelerations may occur in any direction of communication. Persistent segment stores can be pre-populated with segment data from other transaction accelerators and anticipated transactions. The persistent segment store can store segments that are data segmented based on content of the data and can be independent of transaction protocol, application, and device.

    摘要翻译: 自发发现事务加速器可改善客户端与服务器之间的通信。 客户端将消息指向服务器。 客户端事务加速器拦截消息,终止与客户端的连接,并通过用引用替换数据段来加速请求。 加速请求通过新连接转发到服务器端事务加速器。 服务器端事务加速器通过将服务器端事务加速器可访问的持久段存储中的段数据替换为引用数据来重构消息。 然后将重建的请求提供给服务器。 加速可能发生在任何通信方向。 可以使用来自其他事务加速器和预期事务的段数据预先填充持久性段存储。 持久段存储可以存储基于数据内容进行数据分段的段,并且可以独立于事务协议,应用和设备。

    Transaction accelerator for client-server communications systems
    10.
    发明授权
    Transaction accelerator for client-server communications systems 有权
    客户端 - 服务器通信系统的事务加速器

    公开(公告)号:US08176186B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-05-08

    申请号:US12191514

    申请日:2008-08-14

    IPC分类号: G06F15/16

    摘要: Self-discovering transaction accelerators improve communications between a client and a server. A client directs a message to a server. A client-side transaction accelerator intercepts the message, terminates the connection with the client, and accelerates the request by replacing segments of data with references. The accelerated request is forwarded to a server-side transaction accelerator through a new connection. The server-side transaction accelerator reconstructs the message by replacing the reference with segment data in a persistent segment store accessible to the server-side transaction accelerator. The reconstructed request is then provided to the server. Accelerations may occur in any direction of communication. Persistent segment stores can be pre-populated with segment data from other transaction accelerators and anticipated transactions. The persistent segment store can store segments that are data segmented based on content of the data and can be independent of transaction protocol, application, and device.

    摘要翻译: 自发发现事务加速器可改善客户端与服务器之间的通信。 客户端将消息指向服务器。 客户端事务加速器拦截消息,终止与客户端的连接,并通过用引用替换数据段来加速请求。 加速请求通过新连接转发到服务器端事务加速器。 服务器端事务加速器通过将服务器端事务加速器可访问的持久段存储中的段数据替换为引用数据来重构消息。 然后将重建的请求提供给服务器。 加速可能发生在任何通信方向。 可以使用来自其他事务加速器和预期事务的段数据预先填充持久性段存储。 持久段存储可以存储基于数据内容进行数据分段的段,并且可以独立于事务协议,应用和设备。