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- Patent Title: Storage controller caching using symmetric storage class memory devices
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Application No.: US15892038Application Date: 2018-02-08
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Publication No.: US10698818B2Publication Date: 2020-06-30
- Inventor: Brian McKean , Gregory Friebus , Sandeep Kumar R. Ummadi , Pradeep Ganesan
- Applicant: NetApp, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Assignee: NETAPP, INC.
- Current Assignee: NETAPP, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Agency: Haynes and Boone, LLP
- Main IPC: G06F12/00
- IPC: G06F12/00 ; G06F12/0804 ; G06F12/02 ; G06F12/0868 ; G06F3/06

Abstract:
Systems and techniques for performing a data transaction are disclosed that provide data redundancy using two or more cache devices. In some embodiments, a data transaction is received by a storage controller of a storage system from a host system. The storage controller caches data and/or metadata associated with the data transaction to at least two cache devices that are discrete from the storage controller. After caching, the storage controller provides a transaction completion response to the host system from which the transaction was received. In some examples, each of the at least two cache devices includes a storage class memory. In some examples, the storage controller caches metadata to the at least two cache devices and to a controller cache of the storage controller, while data is cached to the at least two cache devices without being cached in the controller cache.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180165194A1 Storage Controller Caching Using Symmetric Storage Class Memory Devices Public/Granted day:2018-06-14
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