Relocating paged metadata
US10534558B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 24, 2017 |
| Grant date | Jan 14, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 11, 2037 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2212/7207
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A storage array uses paged metadata. Each storage director has access to a plurality of object storage systems which describe locations of paged metadata in backing storage. Each object storage system includes different types of inodes which describe objects in backing storage. The object storage systems are used to locate and relocate metadata for loading into global memory, and creation and deletion of objects. An object storage system may be selected based on factors including ratio of different inode types, locality of object usage and anticipated object activity level.
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