SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DATA INTELLIGENT STORAGE

摘要

A single system merges primary data storage, data protection, and intelligence. Intelligence is provided through in-line data analytics, and data intelligence and analytics are gathered on protected data and prior analytics, and stored in discovery points, all without impacting performance of primary storage. As data is written it is automatically mirrored for data protection as part of a High Availability (HA) process. Real-time analysis is done in-line with the HA processing, enabling a variety of data analytics. Data content can mined from within files or blocks. The gathered intelligence is used to tag objects with extended metadata, enabling both valuable search options and rapid restore options. Data recovery begins with metadata restoration, followed by near-instantaneous access to “hot” regions of data being restored, allowing site operation to continue or resume while a restore is ongoing.

主权项

1. A method comprising the steps of,
receiving, over a network connection from a connected computer, a data access request that includes request data; performing in-line analytics on the data access request and request data associated with the data access request; forwarding the in-line analytics to another node; further processing the data access request by forwarding the request data to, or retrieving the request data from, a primary node, without first waiting for an acknowledgement from the other node; delegating storing of extended metadata to the other node; storing the in-line analytics by the other node; and performing additional analytics on the data access request, request data, or in-line analytics to provide the extended metadata.