Capacity expanding method and system, and controller

A controller and consistent technology, applied in the storage field, can solve the problems of complex, inconvenient, and occupying user time, and achieve the effect of improving capacity expansion efficiency, improving user experience, and simplifying user operations.

CN105743671AActive Publication Date: 2016-07-06HUAWEI TECH CO LTD
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Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Applications(China)
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Publication Date
2016-07-06

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Abstract

The embodiment of the invention discloses a capacity expanding method and system, and a controller. The method comprises: when a to-be-expanded controlled is found out, application information of the to-be-expanded controlled is obtained; and according to the application information, the to-be-expanded controlled is added into a cluster where the controller is located to expand the capacity of the cluster. In addition, the embodiment of the invention also discloses a controller and a capacity expanding system correspondingly. According to the embodiment of the invention, the cluster can carry out controller capacity expanding automatically, so that the capacity expanding efficiency is improved, the user operation becomes simple and convenient, and the user experience is enhanced.
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technical field

[0001] The invention relates to the field of storage, in particular to a capacity expansion method, controller and system. Background technique

[0002] With the acceleration of the informatization process and the continuous expansion of the business scale, the huge amount of information makes the business data continue to increase, which leads to the fact that the initially configured capacity of the storage array may not be able to meet the existing business needs.

[0003] Therefore, in order to increase the storage capacity of the storage array, the storage array needs to be expanded. At present, the expansion of the storage array is mainly carried out in the following ways: 1. Insert new hard disks into the hard disk slots of the existing hard disk enclosures of the storage array to increase the capacity of the storage array; 2. There are no free hard disk slots in the storage array 3. When the number of controllers needs to be increased to improve the ...

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[0070] The following will clearly and completely describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. Obviously, the described embodiments are only some, not all, embodiments of the present invention. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by persons of ordinary skill in the art without creative efforts fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

[0071] The execution subject of the embodiment of the present invention may be a controller, and the controller includes a dedicated controller for the storage array and a common server installed with related software for the storage array. Specifically, the controller may also include a main controller in the storage array and a controller to be expanded to be added to the storage array.

[0072] See figure 1 , is a schematic flowchart of a capacity expansion met...