发明名称 |
FIXED CONTENT STORAGE WITHIN A PARTITIONED CONTENT PLATFORM USING NAMESPACES, WITH VERSIONING |
摘要 |
Archive cluster management is enhanced by logically partitioning a physical cluster that comprises a redundant array of independent nodes. Using a web-based interface, an administrator defines one or more "tenants" within the archive cluster, wherein a tenant has a set of attributes: namespaces, administrative accounts, data access accounts, and a permission mask. A namespace is a logical partition of the cluster that serves as a collection of objects typically associated with at least one defined application. Each namespace has a private file system with respect to other namespaces. This approach enables a user to segregate cluster data into logical partitions. Using the administrative interface, a namespace associated with a given tenant is selectively configured without affecting a configuration of at least one other namespace in the set of namespaces. One configuration option is "versioning," by which an administrator can elect to enable multiple versions of a same data object to be stored in association with a given namespace. Each version of the data object has associated therewith a time of storage attribute that uniquely identifies the version in the archive. Once versioning is enabled for a namespace, the administrator can set a configuration parameter identifying a time period for maintaining a version in the archive cluster, as well as a parameter for a time period for maintaining a version of the data object on a replica associated with the archive cluster. A current version of the data object is freely accessible in the archive, and a prior version may be browsed via an API. Preferably, versioning is disabled for a data object under retention. |
申请公布号 |
WO2011053814(A3) |
申请公布日期 |
2011.10.27 |
申请号 |
WO2010US54781 |
申请日期 |
2010.10.29 |
申请人 |
HITACHI DATA SYSTEMS CORPORATION |
发明人 |
MCDONALD, MATTHEW, M.;ZOLOTUSKY, VITALY;ISHERWOOD, BENJAMIN, J.;LACASSE, CHRISTOPHER, S.;ORENSTEIN, JACK, A. |
分类号 |
G06F15/16;G06F3/048;G06F3/14;G06F9/44 |
主分类号 |
G06F15/16 |
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