Tracing data block operations

摘要

An apparatus and related method to track data block operations in a cloud system are provided. Attributes associated with the data block operation may be attached to each individual data block targeted by the data block operation.

主权项

1. A computer apparatus comprising:
at least one hardware processor to execute machine readable instructions that cause the computer apparatus to:
receive a first record generated by an entity requesting a data block operation, the first record comprising at least one attribute associated with the data block operation;generate a second record comprising first and second complementary attributes corresponding to the at least one attribute of the first record, the first complementary attribute including information regarding a resource to serve the data block operation, and the second complementary attribute including information regarding a machine configuration of the computer apparatus;attach the first record and the second record to a data block, the data block being a target of the data block operation; andexecute the data block operation.