公开(公告)号：DE60226565D1

公开(公告)日：2008-06-26

申请号：DE60226565

申请日：2002-12-20

Applicant: NETWORK APPLIANCE INC

Inventor： COATNEY SUSAN M ,  ROWE ALAN L ,  ASTER RADEK ,  SARMA JOYDEEP SEN

IPC: G06F3/06 ,  G06F15/16 ,  H04L29/06

Abstract: A system and method for disk ownership in a network storage system. Each disk has two ownership attributes set to show that a particular file server owns the disk. In a preferred embodiment the first ownership attribute is the serial number of the file server being written to a specific location on each disk and the second ownership attribute is setting a SCSI-3 persistent reservation. In a system utilizing this disk ownership method, multiple file servers can read data from a given disk, but only the file server that owns a particular disk can write data to the disk.

公开(公告)号：WO2006081294A3

公开(公告)日：2006-10-19

申请号：PCT/US2006002639

申请日：2006-01-26

Applicant: NETWORK APPLIANCE INC

Inventor： AIELLO ANTHONY F ,  ASTER RADEK ,  THELEN RADAL ,  KONG GEORGE

IPC: G06F3/06

CPC classification number: G06F11/2092 ,  G06F3/0607 ,  G06F3/0632 ,  G06F3/0635 ,  G06F3/067 ,  G06F11/1092 ,  G06F11/2094 ,  G06F2206/1012 ,  G06F2211/1028 ,  H04L67/1097

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel coordinated shared storage architecture that permits the amortization of cost of the spares over any number of the storage systems and enables improvements to a number of storage system operations. The coordinated shared storage architecture comprises a plurality of storage systems disk shelves via a plurality of intermediate network devices, such as hubs. Each storage system includes a storage operating system having a target device driver module. The target device driver module permits the storage system to function as a SCSI target and thereby receive and process commands directed to it from other storage systems.

Abstract translation: 本发明提供了一种新颖的协调共享存储架构，其允许在任何数量的存储系统上分摊备件的成本，并且能够改进多个存储系统操作。 协调的共享存储架构包括经由诸如集线器的多个中间网络设备的多个存储系统盘架。 每个存储系统包括具有目标设备驱动器模块的存储操作系统。 目标设备驱动器模块允许存储系统用作SCSI目标，从而从其他存储系统接收和处理指向它的命令。

公开(公告)号：WO2006055765A3

公开(公告)日：2007-02-22

申请号：PCT/US2005041794

申请日：2005-11-17

Applicant: NETWORK APPLIANCE INC

Inventor： RAMANY SWAMINATHAN ,  YAKUBOV VLADIMIR ,  AIELLO ANTHONY F ,  ASTER RADEK ,  THELEN RANDAL ,  KONG GEORGE

IPC: G06F3/06 ,  H04L29/06

CPC classification number: G06F3/0605 ,  G06F3/061 ,  G06F3/0635 ,  G06F3/0647 ,  G06F3/0653 ,  G06F3/067 ,  G06F9/5077 ,  G06F9/5088 ,  G06F2206/1012 ,  H04L67/1002 ,  H04L67/1008 ,  H04L67/1012 ,  H04L67/1029 ,  H04L67/1097

Abstract: A system and method for real-time load balancing of user workload across a plurality of physical storage systems with shared back-end storage is provided. A load balancing process tracks usage metrics and determines a source and destination physical storage system and a virtual storage system (vfiler) to be migrated.

Abstract translation: 提供了一种用于在具有共享后端存储的多个物理存储系统中实时负载平衡用户工作负载的系统和方法。 负载平衡过程跟踪使用度量，并确定要迁移的源和目标物理存储系统和虚拟存储系统（vfiler）。