Rule driven automation of file placement, replication, and migration

a file and rule technology, applied in the field of computer systems, can solve the problems of not being able to accept the performance (or price performance) of the rest of the files of one storage volume or set of configuration parameters

Inactive Publication Date: 2007-01-25
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[0002] Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to computer systems, and more specifically to techniques for rule driven automation of placement, migration, and replication in a storage network.

Problems solved by technology

Unfortunately it is increasingly common for users or applications to use increasingly many files of increasingly many types.
No one storage volume or set of configuration parameters could possibly be right for all of these files.
System managers have traditionally been forced to select the storage volume and management discipline that was right for the most important files, and accept reduced performance (or price performance) for the rest of the files.

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[0034] The embodiments discussed herein are illustrative of one or more examples of the present invention. As these embodiments of the present invention are described with reference to illustrations, various modifications or adaptations of the methods and / or specific structures described may become apparent to those skilled in the art. All such modifications, adaptations, or variations that rely upon the teachings of the present invention, and through which these teachings have advanced the art, are considered to be within the scope of the present invention. Hence, the present descriptions and drawings should not be considered in a limiting sense, as it is understood that the present invention is in no way limited to only the embodiments illustrated.

Clustered Storage System

[0035] According to various embodiments, a scalable clustered storage system separates namespace and metadata attributes of files in a file system from the actual data content of files. In one embodiment, one o...

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Abstract

Techniques and mechanism are provided for deciding which storage device (or devices) a file should be stored on. These determinations can be used to guide either the placement of new files or the replication or migration of existing files to new storage volumes. These determinations may be made on the basis of simple rules, involving a small number of readily ascertainable file attributes.

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CROSS-REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60 / 702,428, filed Jul. 25, 2005 and entitled “Scalable Clustered Storage System,” and U.S. Provisional Application No. 60 / 702,429, filed Jul. 25, 2005 and entitled “Grid Management System,” the disclosures of which are herein incorporated by reference for all purposes.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to computer systems, and more specifically to techniques for rule driven automation of placement, migration, and replication in a storage network. [0003] File systems are most commonly stored on random access storage devices (like spinning magnetic disks). Traditionally these disks were directly attached to a single computer, via a disk controller. Many years ago it was the case the files on a disk could only be accessed by programs that were running on the computer to which the disks were attached. [0004] The adv...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): G06F7/00
CPCG06F9/5011G06F2209/508G06F17/30212H04L29/12207H04L61/20H04L67/1095H04L67/1097H04L67/1008H04L67/1029H04L67/2814H04L67/1002Y10S707/99931Y10S707/99952Y10S707/99953H04L67/1017G06F9/5016G06F16/184H04L61/50H04L67/1001H04L67/563
Inventor BAHAR, CAMERONHOPFIELD, JOSEPHNALAM, NAVEENZAFMAN, DAVID B.OSKOUY, RASOUL M.
Owner PARASCALE
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