Handling metadata operations and timestamp changes during resynchronization

    公开(公告)号:US11461280B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-04

    申请号:US16401257

    申请日:2019-05-02

    Applicant: NetApp Inc.

    Abstract: Techniques are provided for resynchronizing a synchronous replication relationship. Asynchronous incremental transfers are performed to replicate data of a storage object to a replicated storage object. Incoming write requests, targeting the storage object, are logged into a dirty region log during a last asynchronous incremental transfer. Metadata operations, executed on the storage object, are logged into a metadata log during the last asynchronous incremental transfer. Sequence numbers are assigned to the metadata operations based upon an order of execution. The metadata operations are replicated to the replicated storage object for execution according to the sequence numbers, and the dirty regions are replicated to the replicated storage object in response to the metadata operations having been replicated to the replicated storage object. The storage object and replicated storage object are transitioned to a synchronous replication state where incoming operations are synchronously replicated to the replicated storage object.

    FREEING AND UTILIZING UNUSED INODES

    公开(公告)号:US20210365187A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-25

    申请号:US17396796

    申请日:2021-08-09

    Applicant: NetApp Inc.

    Abstract: Techniques are provided for freeing and utilizing unused inodes. For example, an operation, targeting a first storage object of a first node having a replication relationship with a second storage object of a second node, is intercepted. A replication operation is created as a replication of the operation. The operation is implemented upon the first storage object and the replication operation is implemented upon the second storage object. A determination is made that the replication operation uses an inode no longer used by storage objects of the second node. The inode targeted by the replication operation is freed and utilized based upon the inode being a leaf inode. If the inode is a stream directory inode, then data streams of the stream directory inode are moved under a new private inode and the stream directory inode is released.

    Data profiler
    4.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11119860B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-14

    申请号:US16459917

    申请日:2019-07-02

    Applicant: NetApp Inc.

    Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for profiling a dataset. For example, a snapshot of a volume may be evaluated to identify a set of data characteristics, such as file and directory size information. A baseline dataset profile of a dataset of data within the volume may be constructed based upon the set of data characteristics. Histograms and graphs of directory counts and file counts may be constructed based upon the baseline dataset profile. An incremental dataset profile may be constructed for the dataset based upon an evaluation of the snapshot and a subsequent snapshot of the volume. Histograms and graphs of directories and files that are modified, created, and/or deleted may be constructed based upon the incremental dataset profile. Performance predictions, analytics, field diagnostics of performance issues, and/or scheduling of service execution may be implemented for a storage network hosting the volume based upon dataset profiles.

    Granular dump backup restart
    7.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10684918B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-06-16

    申请号:US15071282

    申请日:2016-03-16

    Applicant: NetApp Inc.

    Abstract: One or more techniques and/or computing devices are provided for restarting a dump backup. For example, a phase offset table is used to track a directory transfer phase offset and a file transfer phase offset of phases of a dump backup. An offset map is used to map inodes, of data being backed up, to offsets within a backup image within which the data is being backed up. The phase offset table and/or the offset map are evaluated using a bytes written value to identify a phase during which the dump backup aborted and to identify a restart point. Accordingly, the dump backup is restarted at the restart point. In this way, the dump backup may be restarted during any phase and/or at any point using the bytes written value, the phase offset table, and the offset map without the need for additional information such as a file history.

    Resynchronization to a filesystem synchronous replication relationship endpoint

    公开(公告)号:US11468014B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-11

    申请号:US16191700

    申请日:2018-11-15

    Applicant: NetApp Inc.

    Abstract: Techniques are provided for resynchronizing a synchronous replication relationship. Asynchronous incremental transfers are performed to replicate data of a storage object to a replicated storage object. Incoming write requests, targeting the storage object, are logged into a dirty region log during a last asynchronous incremental transfer. Metadata operations, executed on the storage object, are logged into a metadata log during the last asynchronous incremental transfer. Sequence numbers are assigned to the metadata operations based upon an order of execution. The metadata operations are replicated to the replicated storage object for execution according to the sequence numbers, and the dirty regions are replicated to the replicated storage object in response to the metadata operations having been replicated to the replicated storage object. The storage object and replicated storage object are transitioned to a synchronous replication state where incoming operations are synchronously replicated to the replicated storage object.

    MAINTAINING TIMESTAMP PARITY OF OBJECTS WITH ALTERNATE DATA STREAMS DURING TRANSITION PHASE TO SYNCHRONOUS STATE

    公开(公告)号:US20220237170A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-07-28

    申请号:US17717377

    申请日:2022-04-11

    Applicant: NetApp Inc.

    Abstract: Techniques are provided for maintaining timestamp parity during a transition replay phase to a synchronous state. During a transition logging phase where metadata operations executed by a primary node are logged into a metadata log and regions modified by data operations executed by the primary node are tracked within a dirty region log, a close stream operation to close a stream associated with a basefile of the primary node is identified. A determination is made as to whether the dirty region log comprises an entry for the stream indicating that a write data operation previously modified the stream. In an example, in response to the dirty region log comprising the entry, an indicator is set to specify that the stream was deleted by the close stream operation. In another example, a modify timestamp of the basefile is logged into the metadata log for subsequent replication to the secondary node.

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