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US 2008/0177803 A1Published application
Log Driven Storage Controller with Network Persistent Memory
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsSam Fineberg, Pankaj Mehra
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Abstract
A method of updating database volumes by writing database updates to a smart storage controller, and having the smart storage controller generate the log update records for updating local and remote log volumes, and data volumes.
Claims18
A method of updating database data and log volumes comprising:
- a database writing updates to a smart storage controller,
- the smart storage controller writing the updates to the data volumes, and
- the smart storage controller writing the updates to the log volumes
An apparatus for updating database volumes comprising:
- a processor,
- non-volatile random access memory managed as buffer cache memory,
- non-volatile random access memory managed as persistent memory,
- a plurality of system interfaces utilizing remote direct memory access methods,
- a plurality of storage device interfaces for data volumes,
- a plurality of storage device interfaces for log volumes,
- a plurality of network device interfaces for remote log volumes, and
- a means for writing database changes to persistent memory.
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