Method and system for implementing a maintenance service for managing I/O and storage for a virtualization environment
US9354912B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 22, 2013 |
| Grant date | May 31, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 22, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2009/45579
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Disclosed is an approach for overseeing the overall state of a virtual storage system, and for taking actions as necessary to manage the health and efficient performance of that system. A curator entity is provided on a distributed basis to manage and perform these functions. A master curator manages this workload that is performed by multiple slave curators. MapReduce operations are performed to implement the curator workload. Periodically, the master curator coordinates a full scan of all the metadata in the system using three MapReduce operations. Partial scans may also be run using a single MapReduce operation.
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