Method, device and computer program product for data processing

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11294880-B2
Application number	US-201916442374-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 14, 2019
Priority date	Nov 2, 2018
Publication date	Apr 5, 2022
Grant date	Apr 5, 2022

Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method, a device and a computer program product for data processing. The method comprises in response to data associated with an object being stored in the storage location, generating an entry indicating a first association relationship between the data and a storage location. The method further comprises generating metadata of the object, the metadata indicating a second association relationship between the object and the entry. Further, the method comprises in response to the first association relationship between the data and the storage location being changed, updating the entry independent of the metadata. Embodiments of the present disclosure may avoid the huge cost caused by changing metadata multiple times and reduce the system load and the impacts to the front end load.

First claim

We claim:

1. A method for data processing, comprising:
in response to data associated with an object being stored in a storage location, generating, by a system comprising a processor, an entry indicating a first association relationship between the data and the storage location, the first association relationship defining the data and the storage location of the data;
generating metadata of the object, the metadata indicating a second association relationship between the object and the entry, the second association relationship defining a location of the entry in relation to the object; and
in response to the first association relationship between the data and the storage location being changed, updating the entry and maintaining the second association relationship of the metadata.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the generating the entry comprises:
determining an identifier of the storage location where the data is stored; and
generating the first association relationship in the entry by associating the identifier with a range of storage space for the data at the storage location.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the generating the entry further comprises:
determining the range of storage space for the data at the storage location.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the generating the metadata comprises:
generating an index of the entry associated with the object.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the generating the metadata further comprises:
generating the metadata by storing the index in association with the object.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the updating the entry comprises:
in response to the storage location of the data being changed, performing the updating the entry.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: in response to the data being invalid, removing the entry associated with the data, comprising removing the first association relationship.

8. A device for data processing, comprising:
at least one processor; and
a memory coupled to the at least one processor and comprising instructions stored therein, the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the device to perform acts comprising:
in response to data associated with an object being stored in a storage location, generating an entry indicating a first association relationship between the data and the storage location, the first association relationship defining the data and the storage location of the data;
generating metadata of the object, the metadata indicating a second association relationship between the object and the entry, the second association relationship defining a location of the entry in relation to the object; and
in response to the first association relationship between the data and the storage location being changed, updating the entry and maintaining the second association relationship of the metadata.

9. The device of claim 8 , wherein the generating the entry comprises:
determining an identifier of the storage location where the data is stored;
determining a range of storage space for the data at the storage location; and
generating the first association relationship in the entry by associating the identifier with the range.

10. The device of claim 8 , wherein the generating the metadata comprises:
generating an index of the entry associated with the object; and
generating the metadata by storing the index in association with the object.

11. The device of claim 8 , wherein the updating the entry comprises:
in response to the storage location of the data being changed, performing the updating the entry.

12. The device of claim 8 , wherein the acts further comprise: in response to the data being invalid, removing the entry of the object, comprising removing the first association relationship.

13. A computer program product being tangibly stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium and comprising machine-executable instructions which, when executed, cause a machine to perform operations, comprising:
in response to data associated with an object being stored in a storage location, generating an entry indicating a first association relationship between the data and the storage location, the first association relationship defining the data and the storage location of the data;
generating metadata of the object, the metadata indicating a second association relationship between the object and the entry, the second association relationship defining a location of the entry in relation to the object; and
in response to the first association relationship between the data and the storage location being changed, updating the entry and maintaining the second association relationship of the metadata.

14. The computer program product of claim 13 , wherein the generating the entry comprises:
determining an identifier of the storage location where the data is stored; and
generating the first association relationship in the entry by associating the identifier with a range of storage space for the data at the storage location.

15. The computer program product of claim 14 , wherein the generating the entry further comprises:
determining the range of storage space for the data at the storage location.

16. The computer program product of claim 13 , wherein the generating the metadata comprises:
generating an index of the entry associated with the object.

17. The computer program product of claim 16 , wherein the generating the metadata further comprises:
generating the metadata by storing the index in association with the object.

18. The computer program product of claim 13 , wherein the updating the entry comprises:
in response to the storage location of the data being changed, initiating the updating the entry.

19. The computer program product of claim 13 , wherein the operations further comprise: in response to the data being invalid, removing the entry of the object, comprising removing the first association relationship.

Assignees

• Emc Ip Holding Co Llc

Inventors

• Sun Ao
• Lei Lu
• Sun Wesley Wei
• Wu Gary Jialei
• Teng Yu

Classifications

• G06F16/24573

  using data annotations, e.g. user-defined metadata · CPC title

• G06F2212/1056

  Simplification · CPC title

• G06F12/0253 Primary

  Garbage collection, i.e. reclamation of unreferenced memory · CPC title

• G06F2212/154

  Networked environment · CPC title

• G06F3/0652

  Erasing, e.g. deleting, data cleaning, moving of data to a wastebasket · CPC title