Method and system for promoting a snapshot in a distributed file system
US7827350B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 27, 2007 |
| Grant date | Nov 2, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 1, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2201/84
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and system for promoting a snapshot in a distributed striped volume system is provided. A master volume server is configured with a rollback process such that when it is determined that a rollback is required, the master volume server sets a flag persistently in its own raid label on disk. After the persistent flag is set, the master volume server determines a “common snapshot,” and starts the process of sending RPC messages to each node hosting constituent volumes instructing each constituent volume to roll back to the identified snapshot. When the nodes receive this message a flag is set in the own raid label of each constituent volume and the volume then promotes the particular snapshot. If the master volume server has not received a successful response from each node that the snapshot promotion was successful within a specified time period, there is a retry. The common snapshot is then used as the active file system, thus providing data recovery for the striped volume set.
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