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US08458413B2 Supporting virtual input/output (I/O) server (VIOS) active memory sharing in a cluster environment
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在集群环境中支持虚拟输入/输出(I / O)服务器(VIOS)活动内存共享
- Patent Title: Supporting virtual input/output (I/O) server (VIOS) active memory sharing in a cluster environment
- Patent Title (中): 在集群环境中支持虚拟输入/输出(I / O)服务器(VIOS)活动内存共享
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Application No.: US12913190Application Date: 2010-10-27
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Publication No.: US08458413B2Publication Date: 2013-06-04
- Inventor: Veena Ganti , James A. Pafumi , Jacob Jason Rosales , Morgan Jeffrey Rosas , Vasu Vallabhaneni
- Applicant: Veena Ganti , James A. Pafumi , Jacob Jason Rosales , Morgan Jeffrey Rosas , Vasu Vallabhaneni
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Yudell Isidore Ng Russell PLLC
- Main IPC: G06F13/00
- IPC: G06F13/00 ; G06F13/28

Abstract:
A method, system, and computer program product provide a shared virtual memory space via a cluster-aware virtual input/output (I/O) server (VIOS). The VIOS receives a paging file request from a first LPAR and thin-provisions a logical unit (LU) within the virtual memory space as a shared paging file of the same storage amount as the minimum required capacity. The VIOS also autonomously maintains a logical redundancy LU (redundant LU) as a real-time copy of the provisioned/allocated LU, where the redundant LU is a dynamic copy of the allocated LU that is autonomously updated responsive to any changes within the allocated LU. Responsive to a second VIOS attempting to read a LU currently utilized by a first VIOS, the read request is autonomously redirected to the logical redundancy LU. The redundant LU can be utilized to facilitate migration of a client LPAR to a different computing electronic complex (CEC).
Public/Granted literature
- US20120110275A1 Supporting Virtual Input/Output (I/O) Server (VIOS) Active Memory Sharing in a Cluster Environment Public/Granted day:2012-05-03
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