公开(公告)号：WO2012074916A2

公开(公告)日：2012-06-07

申请号：PCT/US2011/062215

申请日：2011-11-28

Applicant: VIOLIN MEMORY, INC. ,  OBERDORFER, Matthias

Inventor： OBERDORFER, Matthias

IPC: H04L1/16 ,  H04L12/18 ,  H04L29/06

CPC classification number: H04L12/1877

Abstract: A reliable and scalable system and method of broadcasting information to other computer nodes in a communication network requires only 0(2) time steps. According to one aspect, after broadcasting data in 0(1) steps to all nodes in the network, the system and method provides a distributed reliability protocol to ensure data delivery which only requires an additional O(l) steps. Therefore, unlike in prior art approaches where the root or co-root is responsible for the reliable data delivery, each node in the network takes on responsibility to deliver the message to a partner/neighborhood node. The broadcasting method and system of the can be used as building block for most collective/distributive operations, and provides a significant performance advantage in parallel computer systems that have multicast/broadcast capabilities.

Abstract translation: 向通信网络中的其他计算机节点广播信息的可靠且可扩展的系统和方法仅需要0（2）个时间步长。 根据一个方面，在以0（1）的步骤向网络中的所有节点广播数据之后，系统和方法提供分布式可靠性协议以确保数据传递，这仅需要额外的O（1）步骤。 因此，不同于根或共同根负责可靠数据传送的现有技术方法，网络中的每个节点承担将该消息传送到伙伴/邻居节点的责任。 该广播方法和系统可以用作大多数集合/分布式操作的构建块，并且在具有多播/广播能力的并行计算机系统中提供显着的性能优势。

公开(公告)号：WO2007100521A2

公开(公告)日：2007-09-07

申请号：PCT/US2007/004142

申请日：2007-02-14

Applicant: GEAR SIX, INC. ,  PATTERSON, Martin ,  OBERDORFER, Matthias

Inventor： PATTERSON, Martin ,  OBERDORFER, Matthias

CPC classification number: G06F12/0866 ,  G06F12/0813 ,  G06F12/084 ,  G06F2212/263 ,  G06F2212/314 ,  H04L67/2819 ,  H04L67/2842 ,  H04L67/288

Abstract: A method and apparatus of providing high performance and highly scalable storage acceleration includes a cluster node-spanning RAM disk (CRD) interposed in the data path between a storage server and a computer server. The CRD addresses performance problems with applications that need to access large amounts of data and are negatively impacted by the latency of classic disk-based storage systems. It solves this problem by placing the data the application needs into a large (with respect to the server's main memory) RAM-based cache where it can be accessed with extremely low latency, hence improving the performance of the application significantly. The CRD is implemented using a novel architecture which has very significant cost and performance advantages over existing or alternative solutions.

Abstract translation: 提供高性能和高度可扩展的存储加速的方法和装置包括插入在存储服务器和计算机服务器之间的数据路径中的集群节点跨越RAM盘（CRD）。 CRD解决了需要访问大量数据的应用程序的性能问题，并受到传统的基于磁盘的存储系统的延迟的负面影响。 它通过将应用程序需要的数据放置在相对于服务器的主存储器（RAM）的高速缓存中来解决这个问题，可以以极低的延迟访问它，从而显着提高了应用程序的性能。 CRD使用一种新颖的架构实现，与现有或替代解决方案相比，其具有非常显着的成本和性能优势。