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US 12,585,558 B2Granted
Remote online volume cloning method and system
AssigneeVolumez Technologies Ltd.
InventorJonathan Amit
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Abstract
Cloning a volume from one source server to another destination server over a network, while the volume is online and orchestrator is configured to orchestrate the clone process over a CP to both servers and only the allocated blocks in the source volume, that belongs to server, are copied.
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A data storage system, comprising:
- (i) at least one target server that comprises a storage media volume and configured to run an operating system designated to host data accessible over a data plane (DP) network using at least one target component,
- (ii) at least one initiator server comprising a storage media volume and configured to run an operating system designated to access and expose stored data over the data plane (DP) network using at least one initiator component, and
- (iii) at least one orchestrator configured to interact with the at least one target server and the at least one initiator server and designated to control a control plane (CP) of said DP network,
- wherein the orchestrator is configured to create a data snapshot of the volume stored in the target server,
- wherein the data snapshot is configured to be exposed to the initiator server through the initiator component,
- wherein a clone of the volume of the target server is configured to be created on the volume of the initiator server, and
- wherein the initiator server further comprises redundant arrays of independent disks (RAID), wherein allocated chunks are configured to pass through the CP to the orchestrator and then be sent to the volume and RAID of the initiator server in order to create the clone.
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A method for orchestrating and storing data, comprising:
- (i) enabling at least one target server that comprises a storage media volume and configured to run an operating system to host data accessible over a data plane (DP) network using at least one target component,
- (ii) enabling at least one initiator server that comprises a storage media volume and configured to run an operating system to access and expose a remote resource/s over the data plane (DP) network using at least one initiator component, and
- (iii) enabling at least one orchestrator configured to interact with the at least one target server and the at least one initiator server to control a control plane (CP) of said DP network,
- wherein the orchestrator is configured to create a data snapshot of the volume stored in the target server,
- wherein the data snapshot is configured to be exposed to the initiator server through the initiator component,
- wherein a clone of the volume of the target server is configured to be created on the volume of the initiator server, and
- wherein the initiator server further comprises RAID, wherein allocated chunks are configured to pass through the CP to the orchestrator and then be sent to the volume and RAID of the initiator server in order to create the clone.
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