发明名称 SCALABLE CLOUD STORAGE ARCHITECTURE
摘要 A virtual storage module operable to run in a virtual machine monitor may include a wait-queue operable to store incoming block-level data requests from one or more virtual machines. In-memory metadata may store information associated with data stored in local persistent storage that is local to a host computer hosting the virtual machines. The data stored in local persistent storage replicates a subset of data in one or more virtual disks provided to the virtual machines. The virtual disks are mapped to remote storage accessible via a network connecting the virtual machines and the remote storage. A cache handling logic may be operable to handle the block-level data requests by obtaining the information in the in-memory metadata and making I/O requests to the local persistent storage or the remote storage or combination of the local persistent storage and the remote storage to service the block-level data requests.
申请公布号 US2016283373(A1) 申请公布日期 2016.09.29
申请号 US201615172205 申请日期 2016.06.03
申请人 International Business Machines Corporation 发明人 Chang Rong N.;Tak Byung Chul;Tang Chunqiang
分类号 G06F12/08;G06F9/455 主分类号 G06F12/08
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主权项 1. A storage system for handling data for virtual machines, comprising: a virtual storage module operable to run in a virtual machine monitor, the virtual storage module including at least, a wait-queue operable to store incoming block-level data requests from one or more virtual machines; in-memory metadata for storing information associated with data stored in local persistent storage that is local to a host computer hosting the virtual machines, the data stored in local persistent storage being replication of a subset of data in one or more virtual disks provided to the virtual machines, the virtual disks being mapped to remote storage accessible via a network connecting the virtual machines and the remote storage; and a cache handling logic operable to handle the block-level data requests and to replace data in the local persistent storage based on a score determined from summing weighted values associated with how recently the data was accessed, how sequential the data is with respect to an adjacent data, how far away the data is from a base row, how sequential the data would be if new block is cached, how far away from the base row the data would be if a new block is cached, and whether the data is modified.
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