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公开(公告)号:US11960448B2
公开(公告)日:2024-04-16
申请号:US17731858
申请日:2022-04-28
Applicant: NetApp Inc.
Inventor: Palak Sharma , Dibyasri Nandi , Sindhushree K N , Cheryl Marie Thompson , Qinghua Zheng , Venkateswarlu Tella , Debanjan Paul , Dinakaran Narayanan
CPC classification number: G06F16/1744 , G06F3/0604 , G06F3/0611 , G06F3/0619 , G06F3/064 , G06F3/0653 , G06F3/067 , G06F11/0712 , G06F11/0718 , G06F11/0727 , G06F11/1453 , G06F11/1464 , G06F11/2094 , G06F16/116 , G06F11/1004 , G06F2201/84
Abstract: Techniques are provided for implementing a unified object format. The unified object format is used to format data in a performance tier (e.g., infrequently accessed data, snapshot data, etc.) into objects that are stored into an object store for low cost, scalable, long term storage compared to storage of the performance tier. With the unified object format, compression of the data may be retained when the data is stored as the objects into the object store. Additional compression may also be provided for the data in the objects. The unified object format includes slot header metadata used to track the location of the data within the object notwithstanding the data being compressed and/or stored at non-fixed boundaries. The slot header metadata may be cached at the performance tier for improved read performance and may be repaired by a repair subsystem (a slot header repair subsystem).
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公开(公告)号:US20230052732A1
公开(公告)日:2023-02-16
申请号:US17976946
申请日:2022-10-31
Applicant: NetApp Inc.
Inventor: Ananthan Subramanian , Sridevi Jantli , Anil Paul Thoppil , Cheryl Marie Thompson , Qinghua Zheng
IPC: G06F16/215 , G06F16/22 , G06F16/23
Abstract: Techniques are provided for orphan object detection, invalid sequence number detection, and asynchronous object cleanup. A storage system may store data within one or more tiers of storage, such as a storage tier (e.g., solid state storage and disks maintained by the storage system), a remote object store (e.g., storage provided by a third party storage provider), and/or other storage tiers. Orphan objects, within the remote object store, that are no longer used by the storage system may be detected and/or deleted. When an aggregate of volumes is deleted, corresponding objects, within the remote object store, may be identified and/or deleted. Invalid sequence numbers (e.g., lost or corrupt sequence numbers locally maintained in a metafile) assigned to objects within the remote object store may be identified, deleted, and/or fixed.
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公开(公告)号:US20200265008A1
公开(公告)日:2020-08-20
申请号:US16868700
申请日:2020-05-07
Applicant: NetApp Inc.
Inventor: Vani Vully , Anil Thoppil , James Leong , Vitaly Revsin , Qinghua Zheng , Srishylam Simharajan
IPC: G06F16/11
Abstract: A copy-free transition tool converts storage objects from a source format associated with a source storage system to a destination format associated with a destination storage system. The transition tool exports configuration information associated with the source storage system to the destination storage system and brings the storage objects offline. Once the transition tool determines that the storage devices containing the storage objects are physically connected to the destination storage system, the tool can convert file systems from the source format to the destination format while leaving data and file layout unchanged. The tool can also modify metadata associated with each of the storage objects to conform to the destination format and store the modified metadata with the destination storage system.
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公开(公告)号:US20200159705A1
公开(公告)日:2020-05-21
申请号:US16751766
申请日:2020-01-24
Applicant: NetApp Inc.
Inventor: Ananthan Subramanian , Sridevi Jantli , Anil Paul Thoppil , Cheryl Marie Thompson , Qinghua Zheng
IPC: G06F16/215 , G06F16/23 , G06F16/22
Abstract: Techniques are provided for orphan object detection, invalid sequence number detection, and asynchronous object cleanup. A storage system may store data within one or more tiers of storage, such as a storage tier (e.g., solid state storage and disks maintained by the storage system), a remote object store (e.g., storage provided by a third party storage provider), and/or other storage tiers. Orphan objects, within the remote object store, that are no longer used by the storage system may be detected and/or deleted. When an aggregate of volumes is deleted, corresponding objects, within the remote object store, may be identified and/or deleted. Invalid sequence numbers (e.g., lost or corrupt sequence numbers locally maintained in a metafile) assigned to objects within the remote object store may be identified, deleted, and/or fixed.
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公开(公告)号:US20130304844A1
公开(公告)日:2013-11-14
申请号:US13945637
申请日:2013-07-18
Applicant: NetApp, Inc.
Inventor: Jason Ansel Lango , Robert M. English , Paul Christopher Eastham , Qinghua Zheng , Brian Mederic Quirion , Peter Griess , Matthew Benjamin Amdur , Kartik Ayyar , Robert Lieh-Yuan Tsai , David Grunwald , J. Chris Wagner , Emmanuel Ackaouy , Ashish Prakash
IPC: G06F15/167
CPC classification number: G06F15/167 , G06F3/0601 , G06F2003/0697 , H04L29/08846 , H04L67/2823 , H04L67/2842
Abstract: A network caching system has a multi-protocol caching filer coupled to an origin server to provide storage virtualization of data served by the filer in response to data access requests issued by multi-protocol clients over a computer network. The multi-protocol caching filer includes a file system configured to manage a sparse volume that “virtualizes” a storage space of the data to thereby provide a cache function that enables access to data by the multi-protocol clients. To that end, the caching filer further includes a multi-protocol engine configured to translate the multi-protocol client data access requests into generic file system primitive operations executable by both the caching filer and the origin server.
Abstract translation: 网络缓存系统具有耦合到原始服务器的多协议缓存文件管理器,以响应于多协议客户端通过计算机网络发出的数据访问请求,提供由文件管理器服务的数据的存储虚拟化。 多协议缓存文件管理器包括被配置为管理“虚拟化”数据的存储空间的稀疏卷从而提供能够由多协议客户端访问数据的高速缓存功能的文件系统。 为此,缓存文件管理器还包括多协议引擎,其被配置为将多协议客户端数据访问请求转换为可由缓存文件管理器和原始服务器两者执行的通用文件系统原始操作。
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公开(公告)号:US12210431B2
公开(公告)日:2025-01-28
申请号:US17731900
申请日:2022-04-28
Applicant: NetApp Inc.
Inventor: Palak Sharma , Dibyasri Nandi , Sindhushree K N , Cheryl Marie Thompson , Qinghua Zheng , Venkateswarlu Tella , Debanjan Paul , Dinakaran Narayanan
Abstract: Techniques are provided for implementing a unified object format. The unified object format is used to format data in a performance tier (e.g., infrequently accessed data, snapshot data, etc.) into objects that are stored into an object store for low cost, scalable, long term storage compared to storage of the performance tier. With the unified object format, compression of the data may be retained when the data is stored as the objects into the object store. Additional compression may also be provided for the data in the objects. The unified object format includes slot header metadata used to track the location of the data within the object notwithstanding the data being compressed and/or stored at non-fixed boundaries. The slot header metadata may be cached at the performance tier for improved read performance and may be repaired by a repair subsystem (a slot header repair subsystem).
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公开(公告)号:US11934262B2
公开(公告)日:2024-03-19
申请号:US18165077
申请日:2023-02-06
Applicant: NetApp Inc.
Inventor: Ananthan Subramanian , Ganga Bhavani Kondapalli , Cheryl Marie Thompson , Kevin Daniel Varghese , Anil Paul Thoppil , Qinghua Zheng
IPC: G06F11/10 , G06F3/06 , G06F12/08 , G06F16/178
CPC classification number: G06F11/1004 , G06F3/0619 , G06F12/08 , G06F16/178
Abstract: Techniques are provided for remote object store error handling. A storage system may store data within one or more tiers of storage, such as a local storage tier (e.g., solid state storage and disks maintained by the storage system), a remote object store (e.g., storage provided by a third party storage provider), and/or other storage tiers. Because the remote object store may not provide the same data consistency and guarantees that the storage system provides for clients such as through the local storage tier, additional validation is provided by the storage system for the remote object store. For example, when data is put into an object of the remote object store, a verification get operation is performed to read and validate information within a header of the object. Other verifications and checks are performed such as using a locally stored metafile to detect corrupt or lost metadata and/or objects.
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公开(公告)号:US11816093B2
公开(公告)日:2023-11-14
申请号:US17536363
申请日:2021-11-29
Applicant: NetApp Inc.
Inventor: Kayuri Hasmukh Patel , Qinghua Zheng , Sumith Makam , Kevin Daniel Varghese , Yuvraj Ajaykumar Patel , Sateesh Kumar Pola , Sharmi Suresh Kumar Nair , Mihir Gorecha
CPC classification number: G06F16/2365 , G06F16/13 , G06F16/148
Abstract: Techniques are provided for storage tier verification checks. A determination is made that a mount operation of an aggregate of a set of volumes stored within a multi-tier storage environment has completed. A first metafile and a second metafile are maintained to track information related to the storage of objects of a volume of the aggregate within a remote object store that is a tier of the multi-tier storage environment. A distributed verification is performed between the first metafile and the second metafile to identify an inconsistency. Accordingly, the first metafile and the second metafile are reconciled to address the inconsistency so that storage information within the first metafile and the second metafile are consistent.
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公开(公告)号:US20230289258A1
公开(公告)日:2023-09-14
申请号:US18165077
申请日:2023-02-06
Applicant: NetApp Inc.
Inventor: Ananthan Subramanian , Ganga Bhavani Kondapalli , Cheryl Marie Thompson , Kevin Danil Varghese , Anil Paul Thoppil , Qinghua Zheng
IPC: G06F11/10 , G06F12/08 , G06F3/06 , G06F16/178
CPC classification number: G06F11/1004 , G06F3/0619 , G06F12/08 , G06F16/178
Abstract: Techniques are provided for remote object store error handling. A storage system may store data within one or more tiers of storage, such as a local storage tier (e.g., solid state storage and disks maintained by the storage system), a remote object store (e.g., storage provided by a third party storage provider), and/or other storage tiers. Because the remote object store may not provide the same data consistency and guarantees that the storage system provides for clients such as through the local storage tier, additional validation is provided by the storage system for the remote object store. For example, when data is put into an object of the remote object store, a verification get operation is performed to read and validate information within a header of the object. Other verifications and checks are performed such as using a locally stored metafile to detect corrupt or lost metadata and/or objects.
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公开(公告)号:US11573855B2
公开(公告)日:2023-02-07
申请号:US17582221
申请日:2022-01-24
Applicant: NetApp Inc.
Inventor: Ananthan Subramanian , Ganga Bhavani Kondapalli , Cheryl Marie Thompson , Kevin Daniel Varghese , Anil Paul Thoppil , Qinghua Zheng
IPC: G06F11/10 , G06F12/08 , G06F3/06 , G06F16/178
Abstract: Techniques are provided for remote object store error handling. A storage system may store data within one or more tiers of storage, such as a local storage tier (e.g., solid state storage and disks maintained by the storage system), a remote object store (e.g., storage provided by a third party storage provider), and/or other storage tiers. Because the remote object store may not provide the same data consistency and guarantees that the storage system provides for clients such as through the local storage tier, additional validation is provided by the storage system for the remote object store. For example, when data is put into an object of the remote object store, a verification get operation is performed to read and validate information within a header of the object. Other verifications and checks are performed such as using a locally stored metafile to detect corrupt or lost metadata and/or objects.
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