US 2019/0294381 A1 · CONTROL DEVICE OF STORAGE SYSTEM

Abstract

The present disclosure discloses a control device of data storage system, including a host interface, a peer interface, a storage unit interface, a processor and a local data management module. The host interface is connected and communicated with a storage server for data interaction with the storage server. The peer interface is configured for data communication connection with a storage unit of an adjacent control device in the data storage system. The storage unit interface is configured to connect a storage unit. The local data management module is configured for local data management of the data in the storage unit according to the data management instruction via the processor. The host interface is configured to send result data of local data management to the storage server.

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Dependent claims

A system for data storage, comprising:

a storage server;
a plurality of storage units;
a network;
and
a plurality of control devices, each of the plurality of control devices connected to (i) the storage server via the network, (ii) a respective one of the plurality of storage units, and (iii) at least one of other control devices, and configured to:
receive a data management instruction from the storage server;
locally process data stored in the respective storage unit based on the received data management instruction;
and
send the locally-processed data to the storage server.

6 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

16/440,979Filed 13 Jun 2019

Priority

CN 201710093959.821 Feb 2017

Published

26 Sep 2019

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Classification18 codes

G06F 3/0659
Vertical data movement, i.e. input-output transfer; data movement between one or more hosts and one or more storage devices: command handling…
G06F 3/0604
Specifically adapted to achieve a particular effect: improving or facilitating administration, e.g. storage management
G06F 3/0607
Improving or facilitating administration, e.g. storage management: by facilitating the process of upgrading existing storage systems, e.g. for…
G06F 3/061
Specifically adapted to achieve a particular effect: improving I/O performance

Control device of storage system

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Abstract

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