ACTIVITY-BASED BLOCK MANAGEMENT OF A CLUSTERED FILE SYSTEM

摘要

A technique for operating a client node in a clustered file system includes allocating a number of blocks during a first time window and tracking the number of blocks allocated during the first time window. The technique further includes transmitting a block allocation request to a server node of the clustered file system for a number of requested blocks in response to a number of free blocks in a client-side block map reaching a first threshold value. In this case, the number of the requested blocks is based on the number of blocks allocated by the client node during the first time window.

主权项

1. A method of operating a client node in a clustered file system, the method comprising:
allocating, by the client node, a number of blocks during a first time window; tracking, by the client node, the number of blocks allocated by the client node during the first time window; and transmitting, from the client node, a block allocation request to a server node of the clustered file system for a number of requested blocks in response to a number of free blocks in a client-side block map reaching a first threshold value, wherein the number of the requested blocks is based on the number of blocks allocated by the client node during the first time window.