Invention Grant
US09460028B1 Non-disruptive and minimally disruptive data migration in active-active clusters
有权
主动 - 主动群集中的非破坏性和最小破坏性的数据迁移
- Patent Title: Non-disruptive and minimally disruptive data migration in active-active clusters
- Patent Title (中): 主动 - 主动群集中的非破坏性和最小破坏性的数据迁移
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Application No.: US13727884Application Date: 2012-12-27
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Publication No.: US09460028B1Publication Date: 2016-10-04
- Inventor: Helen S. Raizen , Assaf Natanzon
- Applicant: EMC Corporation
- Applicant Address: US MA Hopkinton
- Assignee: EMC Corporation
- Current Assignee: EMC Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Hopkinton
- Agency: BainwoodHuang
- Main IPC: G06F12/16
- IPC: G06F12/16

Abstract:
Data migration is performed in a cluster of host computers each using a mechanism associating data with a source LUN. During a synchronization operation the contents of the source LUN are copied to the target LUN while ongoing normal source LUN writes are cloned to the target LUN. A datapath component of an agent coordinates the writes at the target LUN to maintain data consistency. Upon completion of synchronization, each host stops the write cloning and disables access to the source LUN, in conjunction with a modification of the mechanism to newly associate the data with the target LUN. Depending on the type of mechanism and system, the modification may be done either disruptively or non-disruptively, i.e., with or without stopping normal operation of software of the host computers.
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