Method, apparatus and program storage device for maintaining data consistency and cache coherency during communications failures between nodes in a remote mirror pair
US7120824B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 9, 2003 |
| Grant date | Oct 10, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 8, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S707/99952
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method, apparatus and program storage device for maintaining data consistency and cache coherency during communications failures between nodes in a remote mirror pair. A link between a mirror pair of storage systems is monitored. During a link failure between a first storage system and a second storage systems, reads and writes on the first and second storage systems are independently performed and write data and associated timestamps are maintained for the write data for each write in a queue on the first and second storage system. After link reestablishment, volume sets on the first and second storage systems are resynchronized using write data and associated timestamps.
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