Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Storage system and a method used by the storage system
- Patent Title (中): 存储系统和存储系统使用的方法
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Application No.: US14615664Application Date: 2015-02-06
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Publication No.: US09594650B2Publication Date: 2017-03-14
- Inventor: Yande Chang , Duo Chen , Min Fang
- Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agent L. Jeffrey Kelly
- Priority: CN201410068897 20140227
- Main IPC: G06F11/00
- IPC: G06F11/00 ; G06F11/20

Abstract:
Performing failover processing between a production host and a backup host, a storage system is connected to the production host and the backup host. In response to a failure of the production host, metadata is obtained of data blocks that have been cached from an elastic space located in a fast disk of the storage system. A storage capacity of the elastic space is expanded. Data blocks are obtained to which the metadata corresponds according to the metadata and the storage capacity of the expanded elastic space, and storing the same in the expanded elastic space. In response the backup host requesting the data blocks to which the metadata corresponds, and the data blocks to which the metadata corresponds have already been stored in the expanded elastic space, data blocks are obtained to which the metadata corresponds from the expanded elastic space and transmitting the same to the backup host.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150242291A1 STORAGE SYSTEM AND A METHOD USED BY THE STORAGE SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2015-08-27
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