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Optimizing write IO bandwidth and latency in an active-active clustered system based on a single storage node having ownership of a storage object

US11144252B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 9, 2020
Grant dateOct 12, 2021
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Expiry dateJan 16, 2040

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L67/1097
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Techniques for optimizing write IO bandwidth and latency in an active-active clustered system using storage object affinity to a single node. The active-active clustered system can include at least a primary storage node and a secondary storage node that maintain their own journals. The respective journals are directly accessible to both storage nodes. The journals are synchronized for each page or entity of a storage object when a storage IO request is issued to a storage node to which the storage object does not have affinity. Such synchronization is performed in the framework of acquiring a lock on the entity of the storage object during internode communications. To facilitate recovery from a disaster, data loss, and/or data corruption, transaction IDs associated with storage IO operations are employed to facilitate identification of the most up-to-date reference or description information for a given data or metadata page of a storage object.

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