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Replica pools to support volume replication in distributed storage systems

US10983719B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateMar 28, 2019
Grant dateApr 20, 2021
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Expiry dateMar 28, 2039

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F2201/84
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Generally described, aspects of the present application correspond to enabling rapid duplication of data within a data volume hosted on a network storage system. The network storage system can maintain a highly distributed replica pool of the data volume, include a number of replicas duplicating data of the data volume. By providing increased parallelization, the replica pool can facilitate rapid duplication of the volume. In one configuration, each partition of a new volume is mapped to an individual replica within the replica pool, which supports population of the partition with data. Each replica can further include a set of replica partitions, such that read requests from each partition of a new volume are distributed among a number of servers to provide additional parallelization.

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