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Storage system and data replication method in storage system

US10963485B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateSep 18, 2020
Grant dateMar 30, 2021
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Expiry dateSep 18, 2040

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F16/184
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The operational performance and the I/O performance of Snapshots in a storage system are balanced. In a storage system, meta information of data appended to a log structured area is composed of meta information of a first tier and meta information of a second tier which correlate location information of data in a logical volume and location information of data in the log structured area. When creating a snapshot of the logical volume, a data management unit creates, in the same meta information area as a replication source, a replication of the meta information of the first tier stored in a plurality of meta information areas assigned to a plurality of controllers. A data control unit accesses the data of the log structured area from the logical volume, and accesses the data of the log structured area from the snapshot.

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