发明名称 |
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING AN ENTERPRISE VIRTUAL STORAGE SYSTEM |
摘要 |
One embodiment is a method and apparatus for managing a virtual data storage object in a computer system including at least one host and at least one storage device that present at least one storage disk to the host as a storage resource. The host includes at least one of an LVM and a file system. The virtual data storage object is created so that at least one of a logical volume and a file is employed as a storage resource to store data stored to the virtual data storage object. Another embodiment forms a virtual data storage object with data images stored on logical volumes from LVMs on different hosts. A further embodiment forms a virtual data storage object with one data image stored to a disk and another stored to a logical volume. Another embodiment is directed to a method and apparatus for distributing the metadata that defines a virtual storage object about the computer system. |
申请公布号 |
WO03090087(A2) |
申请公布日期 |
2003.10.30 |
申请号 |
WO2003US11171 |
申请日期 |
2003.04.15 |
申请人 |
EMC CORPORATION |
发明人 |
OLIVEIRA, FERNANDO;RAIZEN, HELEN, S.;RODGERS, KEVIN |
分类号 |
G06F3/06;G06F12/00;G06F12/08;G06F17/30 |
主分类号 |
G06F3/06 |
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