Patent · US Active

Systems and methods for performing data replication in distributed cluster environments

US10264064B1 · kind B1 · utility

7Cited by
1References
16Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateJun 9, 2016
Grant dateApr 16, 2019
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 24, 2037

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L67/1095
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The disclosed computer-implemented method for performing data replication in distributed cluster environments may include (1) identifying a distributed cluster environment that includes (A) a plurality of compute nodes that execute a plurality of virtual machines and (B) a data node that stores data that has been replicated from storage devices used by the virtual machines, (2) determining, at the data node, storage-utilization totals for the virtual machines that represent amounts of storage space on the storage devices used by the virtual machines, (3) identifying, based at least in part on the storage-utilization totals, a virtual machine whose storage-utilization total is highest among the plurality of virtual machines, (4) prioritizing the virtual machine and then in response to the prioritization, (5) directing the compute node to initiate a data replication process with the data node in connection with the virtual machine. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.