GB2423173B - Virtual ordered writes for multiple storages devices - Google Patents

Virtual ordered writes for multiple storages devices

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Publication number
GB2423173B
GB2423173B GB0609391A GB0609391A GB2423173B GB 2423173 B GB2423173 B GB 2423173B GB 0609391 A GB0609391 A GB 0609391A GB 0609391 A GB0609391 A GB 0609391A GB 2423173 B GB2423173 B GB 2423173B
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Prior art keywords
multiple storages
ordered writes
storages devices
virtual ordered
virtual
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GB2423173A (en
Inventor
Douglas E Lecrone
Kevin C Heasley
Vadim Longinov
Mark J Halstead
David Meiri
Benjamin W Yoder
William P Thibodeau
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EMC Corp
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EMC Corp
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Priority claimed from US10/724,670 external-priority patent/US7228456B2/en
Priority claimed from US10/724,669 external-priority patent/US7054883B2/en
Application filed by EMC Corp filed Critical EMC Corp
Priority to GB0707625A priority Critical patent/GB2436746B/en
Publication of GB0609391D0 publication Critical patent/GB0609391D0/en
Publication of GB2423173A publication Critical patent/GB2423173A/en
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F16/00—Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor
    • G06F16/10—File systems; File servers
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    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F3/00—Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for transferring data from processing unit to output unit, e.g. interface arrangements
    • G06F3/06—Digital input from, or digital output to, record carriers, e.g. RAID, emulated record carriers or networked record carriers
    • G06F3/0601—Interfaces specially adapted for storage systems
    • G06F3/0628—Interfaces specially adapted for storage systems making use of a particular technique
    • G06F3/0646—Horizontal data movement in storage systems, i.e. moving data in between storage devices or systems
    • G06F3/065—Replication mechanisms
    • G06F17/30067—
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    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F3/00—Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for transferring data from processing unit to output unit, e.g. interface arrangements
    • G06F3/06—Digital input from, or digital output to, record carriers, e.g. RAID, emulated record carriers or networked record carriers
    • G06F3/0601—Interfaces specially adapted for storage systems
    • G06F3/0602—Interfaces specially adapted for storage systems specifically adapted to achieve a particular effect
    • G06F3/061—Improving I/O performance
    • G06F3/0611—Improving I/O performance in relation to response time
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F3/00—Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for transferring data from processing unit to output unit, e.g. interface arrangements
    • G06F3/06—Digital input from, or digital output to, record carriers, e.g. RAID, emulated record carriers or networked record carriers
    • G06F3/0601—Interfaces specially adapted for storage systems
    • G06F3/0602—Interfaces specially adapted for storage systems specifically adapted to achieve a particular effect
    • G06F3/0614—Improving the reliability of storage systems
    • G06F3/0617—Improving the reliability of storage systems in relation to availability
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F3/00—Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for transferring data from processing unit to output unit, e.g. interface arrangements
    • G06F3/06—Digital input from, or digital output to, record carriers, e.g. RAID, emulated record carriers or networked record carriers
    • G06F3/0601—Interfaces specially adapted for storage systems
    • G06F3/0628—Interfaces specially adapted for storage systems making use of a particular technique
    • G06F3/0655—Vertical data movement, i.e. input-output transfer; data movement between one or more hosts and one or more storage devices
    • G06F3/0659—Command handling arrangements, e.g. command buffers, queues, command scheduling
GB0609391A 2003-12-01 2004-10-19 Virtual ordered writes for multiple storages devices Active GB2423173B (en)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB0707625A GB2436746B (en) 2003-12-01 2004-10-19 Virtual ordered writes for multiple storage devices

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US10/724,670 US7228456B2 (en) 2003-12-01 2003-12-01 Data recovery for virtual ordered writes for multiple storage devices
US10/724,669 US7054883B2 (en) 2003-12-01 2003-12-01 Virtual ordered writes for multiple storage devices
PCT/US2004/034330 WO2005057337A2 (en) 2003-12-01 2004-10-19 Virtual ordered writes for multiple storage devices

Publications (3)

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GB0609391D0 GB0609391D0 (en) 2006-06-21
GB2423173A GB2423173A (en) 2006-08-16
GB2423173B true GB2423173B (en) 2007-06-06

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WO (1) WO2005057337A2 (en)

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US6502205B1 (en) * 1993-04-23 2002-12-31 Emc Corporation Asynchronous remote data mirroring system
US6898685B2 (en) * 2003-03-25 2005-05-24 Emc Corporation Ordering data writes from a local storage device to a remote storage device

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Patent Citations (7)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US5369767A (en) * 1989-05-17 1994-11-29 International Business Machines Corp. Servicing interrupt requests in a data processing system without using the services of an operating system
US5469453A (en) * 1990-03-02 1995-11-21 Mti Technology Corporation Data corrections applicable to redundant arrays of independent disks
US6502205B1 (en) * 1993-04-23 2002-12-31 Emc Corporation Asynchronous remote data mirroring system
US6301643B1 (en) * 1998-09-03 2001-10-09 International Business Machines Corporation Multi-environment data consistency
US6209002B1 (en) * 1999-02-17 2001-03-27 Emc Corporation Method and apparatus for cascading data through redundant data storage units
US20020023199A1 (en) * 1999-02-26 2002-02-21 Voom Technologies, Inc. Computer storage restoration
US6898685B2 (en) * 2003-03-25 2005-05-24 Emc Corporation Ordering data writes from a local storage device to a remote storage device

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WO2005057337A3 (en) 2005-12-29
JP2007513424A (en) 2007-05-24
DE112004002315B4 (en) 2016-11-10
DE112004002315T5 (en) 2006-10-12
GB0609391D0 (en) 2006-06-21
WO2005057337A2 (en) 2005-06-23
GB2423173A (en) 2006-08-16

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