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US 2025/0086064 A1Published application
Coordination snapshots in a distributed storage system
AssigneePure Storage, Inc.
InventorsRonald Karr, Robert Lee, Igor Ostrovsky
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Abstract
Corresponding confirmations that distributed agents are in a snapshot creation mode are received by a coordinating agent of the distributed agents. A new snapshot copy identifier for a snapshot is provided to the distributed agents. The snapshot is committed and the snapshot creation mode is exited.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- receiving, by a coordinating agent from a plurality of distributed agents of a storage system, corresponding confirmations that the plurality of distributed agents are in a snapshot creation mode;
- providing, to the plurality of distributed agents, a new snapshot copy identifier for a snapshot;
- and
- committing the snapshot and exiting the snapshot creation mode.
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A storage system, comprising:
- a memory;
- and
- a processing device, operatively coupled to the memory, configured to:
- receive, by a coordinating agent from a plurality of distributed agents of the storage system, corresponding confirmations that the plurality of distributed agents are in a snapshot creation mode;
- provide, to the plurality of distributed agents, a new snapshot copy identifier for a snapshot;
- and
- commit the snapshot and exiting the snapshot creation mode.
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A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having instructions thereupon which, when executed by a processing device, cause the processing device to:
- receive, by a coordinating agent from a plurality of distributed agents of a storage system, corresponding confirmations that the plurality of distributed agents are in a snapshot creation mode;
- provide, to the plurality of distributed agents, a new snapshot copy identifier for a snapshot;
- and
- commit the snapshot and exiting the snapshot creation mode.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.