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Intra-rack and inter-rack erasure code distribution

US9547458B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 24, 2014
Grant dateJan 17, 2017
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Expiry dateMar 14, 2035

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03M13/154
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Methods, computing systems and computer program products implement embodiments of the present invention that include detecting multiple sets of storage objects stored in a data facility including multiple server racks, each of the server racks including a plurality of server computers, each of the storage objects in each set being stored in a separate one of the server racks and including one or more data objects and one or more protection objects. A specified number of the storage objects are identified in a given server rack, each of the identified storage objects being stored in a separate one of the server computers, and one or more server computers in the given server rack not storing any of the identified storage objects are identified. Finally, in the identified one or more server computers, an additional protection object is created and managed for the identified storage objects.

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