公开(公告)号：US10021218B2

公开(公告)日：2018-07-10

申请号：US15073006

申请日：2016-03-17

Applicant: NetApp, Inc.

Inventor： Deepak Raghu Kenchammana-Hosekote ,  Michael R. Eisler ,  Arthur F. Lent ,  Rahul Iyer ,  Shravan Gaonkar

IPC: H04L12/24 ,  H04L29/06 ,  G06F3/06 ,  G06F12/0866 ,  G06F12/10 ,  H04L29/08 ,  G06F12/02

CPC classification number: H04L67/42 ,  G06F3/06 ,  G06F12/0284 ,  G06F12/0866 ,  G06F12/10 ,  G06F2212/656 ,  H04L67/1097

Abstract: I/O bandwidth reduction using storage-level common page information is implemented by a storage server, in response to receiving a request from a client for a page stored at a first virtual address, determining that the first virtual address maps to a page that is a duplicate of a page stored at a second virtual address or that the first and second virtual addresses map to a deduplicated page within a storage system, and transmitting metadata to the client mapping the first virtual address to a second virtual address that also maps to the deduplicated page. For one embodiment, the metadata is transmitted in anticipation of a request for the redundant/deduplicated page via the second virtual address. For an alternate embodiment, the metadata is sent in response to a determination that a page that maps to the second virtual address was previously sent to the client.

公开(公告)号：US10523786B2

公开(公告)日：2019-12-31

申请号：US16016455

申请日：2018-06-22

Applicant: NetApp Inc.

Inventor： Deepak Raghu Kenchammana-Hosekote ,  Michael R. Eisler ,  Arthur F. Lent ,  Rahul Iyer ,  Shravan Gaonkar

IPC: H04L29/06 ,  G06F3/06 ,  G06F12/0866 ,  G06F12/10 ,  H04L29/08 ,  G06F12/02

Abstract: I/O bandwidth reduction using storage-level common page information is implemented by a storage server, in response to receiving a request from a client for a page stored at a first virtual address, determining that the first virtual address maps to a page that is a duplicate of a page stored at a second virtual address or that the first and second virtual addresses map to a deduplicated page within a storage system, and transmitting metadata to the client mapping the first virtual address to a second virtual address that also maps to the deduplicated page. For one embodiment, the metadata is transmitted in anticipation of a request for the redundant/deduplicated page via the second virtual address. For an alternate embodiment, the metadata is sent in response to a determination that a page that maps to the second virtual address was previously sent to the client.

公开(公告)号：US09563469B2

公开(公告)日：2017-02-07

申请号：US14605235

申请日：2015-01-26

Applicant: NETAPP, INC.

Inventor： Arthur F. Lent ,  Peter M. Morrissette ,  Timothy J. Clayton-Luce

IPC: G06F15/173 ,  G06F9/48 ,  G06F9/455 ,  G06F9/50 ,  G06F17/30

CPC classification number: G06F9/4868 ,  G06F9/45558 ,  G06F9/5027 ,  G06F17/30197 ,  G06F2009/45562

Abstract: Described herein are systems and methods for storage and deployment of VMs in a virtual server environment. A VM deployment module executing on a server may produce VM container objects representing VMs, a VM container object comprising VM data describing a VM and vdisk configuration data. The VM deployment module may also later produce VMs on a server using the VM container objects. The VM deployment module may do so by producing a vdisk from a VM container object, the vdisk comprising the VM and vdisk configuration data. Rather than configuring the vdisk as typically done to make the vdisk useable to the server, the vdisk configuration data is used to make the vdisk useable and the VM data on the vdisk immediately accessible to the server. As such, the VM data may be immediately read to produce a VM on the server, thus providing rapid deployment of VMs.

Abstract translation: 这里描述了用于在虚拟服务器环境中存储和部署VM的系统和方法。 在服务器上执行的VM部署模块可以产生表示VM的VM容器对象，VM容器对象包括描述VM和虚拟磁盘配置数据的VM数据。 VM部署模块还可以随后使用VM容器对象在服务器上生成VM。 VM部署模块可以通过从VM容器对象生成虚拟磁盘，虚拟磁盘包含虚拟机和虚拟磁盘配置数据。 而不是通常配置虚拟磁盘，以使虚拟磁盘可用于服务器，虚拟磁盘配置数据用于使虚拟磁盘可用，虚拟磁盘上的虚拟机数据可立即由服务器访问。 因此，可以立即读取VM数据以在服务器上产生VM，从而提供VM的快速部署。

公开(公告)号：US20130318210A1

公开(公告)日：2013-11-28

申请号：US13873091

申请日：2013-04-29

Applicant: NETAPP, INC.

Inventor： Arthur F. Lent ,  Nagender Somavarapu ,  Mohammed Nazeem ,  Aditya Rajeev Kulkarni ,  Ravikanth Dronamraju

IPC: H04L29/06

CPC classification number: H04L67/42 ,  G06F3/0617 ,  G06F3/0647 ,  G06F3/067

Abstract: The techniques introduced here provide a storage server migration that is non-disruptive to client applications. The techniques described here allow the migration of data from a source storage server to a destination storage server without the need for planned downtime typically associated with storage server migration. Using the techniques described here, data migration operations are performed while client applications continue to run and access data from the source storage server. Once data migration operations are complete, all applications and clients are transitioned to the destination storage server without disruption to the client applications.

Abstract translation: 这里介绍的技术提供了一种不会破坏客户端应用程序的存储服务器迁移。 这里描述的技术允许将数据从源存储服务器迁移到目标存储服务器，而不需要通常与存储服务器迁移相关联的计划停机时间。 使用这里描述的技术，在客户端应用程序继续运行并从源存储服务器访问数据时执行数据迁移操作。 一旦数据迁移操作完成，所有应用程序和客户端都将转换到目标存储服务器，而不会中断客户端应用程序。

公开(公告)号：US20150339157A1

公开(公告)日：2015-11-26

申请号：US14605235

申请日：2015-01-26

Applicant: NETAPP, INC.

Inventor： Arthur F. Lent ,  Peter M. Morrissette ,  Timothy J. Clayton-Luce

IPC: G06F9/48 ,  G06F9/50 ,  G06F9/455

CPC classification number: G06F9/4868 ,  G06F9/45558 ,  G06F9/5027 ,  G06F17/30197 ,  G06F2009/45562

Abstract: Described herein are systems and methods for storage and deployment of VMs in a virtual server environment. A VM deployment module executing on a server may produce VM container objects representing VMs, a VM container object comprising VM data describing a VM and vdisk configuration data. The VM deployment module may also later produce VMs on a server using the VM container objects. The VM deployment module may do so by producing a vdisk from a VM container object, the vdisk comprising the VM and vdisk configuration data. Rather than configuring the vdisk as typically done to make the vdisk useable to the server, the vdisk configuration data is used to make the vdisk useable and the VM data on the vdisk immediately accessible to the server. As such, the VM data may be immediately read to produce a VM on the server, thus providing rapid deployment of VMs.

Abstract translation: 这里描述了用于在虚拟服务器环境中存储和部署VM的系统和方法。 在服务器上执行的VM部署模块可以产生表示VM的VM容器对象，VM容器对象包括描述VM和虚拟磁盘配置数据的VM数据。 VM部署模块还可以随后使用VM容器对象在服务器上生成VM。 VM部署模块可以通过从VM容器对象生成虚拟磁盘，虚拟磁盘包含虚拟机和虚拟磁盘配置数据。 而不是通常配置虚拟磁盘，以使虚拟磁盘可用于服务器，虚拟磁盘配置数据用于使虚拟磁盘可用，虚拟磁盘上的虚拟机数据可立即由服务器访问。 因此，可以立即读取VM数据以在服务器上产生VM，从而提供VM的快速部署。