Method, device and computer program product for storage system management

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11593264-B2
Application number	US-202117516760-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 2, 2021
Priority date	Apr 12, 2021
Publication date	Feb 28, 2023
Grant date	Feb 28, 2023

Abstract

Techniques for managing a storage system involve: based on a degree of importance of data stored in a persistent storage device of the storage system, determining key data from the data, wherein a degree of importance of the key data is higher than a threshold degree; respectively identifying first data corresponding to the key data in a first cache of the storage system and second data corresponding to the key data in a second cache of the storage system as non-removable; and in response to corruption of the first data, repairing the first data using the second data in the second cache. Such techniques can avoid system shutdown caused by corruption of key data.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for managing a storage system, comprising:
based on a degree of importance of data stored in a persistent storage device of the storage system, determining key data from the data, wherein a degree of importance of the key data is higher than a threshold degree;
respectively identifying first data corresponding to the key data in a first cache of the storage system and second data corresponding to the key data in a second cache of the storage system as non-removable; and
in response to corruption of the first data, repairing the first data using the second data in the second cache.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein repairing the first data using the second data in the second cache comprises:
based on a mapping between non-removable data in the first cache and non-removable data in the second cache as well as the first data, obtaining the second data in the second cache; and
repairing the first data using the second data.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein identifying the first data and the second data as non-removable comprises:
determining whether data corresponding to the key data is stored in the first cache and the second cache;
if it is determined that no data corresponding to the key data is stored in the first cache and the second cache, respectively storing data corresponding to the key data to the first cache and the second cache as the first data and the second data; and
respectively identifying the first data and the second data as non-removable.

4. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising at least one of the following:
in response to the first data in the first cache being updated, updating the second data in the second cache based on the updated first data; and
in response to the second data in the second cache being updated, updating the first data in the first cache based on the updated second data.

5. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
updating the key data in the persistent storage device at predetermined cycles using at least one of the first data and the second data.

6. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
if it is determined that third data that is not identified as non-removable in the first cache is corrupted, obtaining fourth data corresponding to the third data from the persistent storage device; and
repairing the third data using the fourth data.

7. An electronic device, comprising:
at least one processor; and
at least one memory storing computer program instructions, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program instructions are configured to cause, together with the at least one processor, the electronic device to perform actions comprising:
based on a degree of importance of data stored in a persistent storage device of the storage system, determining key data from the data, wherein a degree of importance of the key data is higher than a threshold degree;
respectively identifying first data corresponding to the key data in a first cache of the storage system and second data corresponding to the key data in a second cache of the storage system as non-removable; and
in response to corruption of the first data, repairing the first data using the second data in the second cache.

8. The electronic device according to claim 7 , wherein repairing the first data using the second data in the second cache comprises:
based on a mapping between non-removable data in the first cache and non-removable data in the second cache as well as the first data, obtaining the second data in the second cache; and
repairing the first data using the second data.

9. The electronic device according to claim 7 , wherein identifying the first data and the second data as non-removable comprises:
determining whether data corresponding to the key data is stored in the first cache and the second cache;
if it is determined that no data corresponding to the key data is stored in the first cache and the second cache, respectively storing data corresponding to the key data to the first cache and the second cache as the first data and the second data; and
respectively identifying the first data and the second data as non-removable.

10. The electronic device according to claim 7 , wherein the actions further comprise at least one of the following:
in response to the first data in the first cache being updated, updating the second data in the second cache based on the updated first data; and
in response to the second data in the second cache being updated, updating the first data in the first cache based on the updated second data.

11. The electronic device according to claim 7 , wherein the actions further comprise:
updating the key data in the persistent storage device at predetermined cycles using at least one of the first data and the second data.

12. The electronic device according to claim 7 , wherein the actions further comprise:
if it is determined that third data that is not identified as non-removable in the first cache is corrupted, obtaining fourth data corresponding to the third data from the persistent storage device; and
repairing the third data using the fourth data.

13. A computer program product having a non-transitory computer readable medium which stores a set of instructions to manage a storage system; the set of instructions, when carried out by computerized circuitry, causing the computerized circuitry to perform a method of:
based on a degree of importance of data stored in a persistent storage device of the storage system, determining key data from the data, wherein a degree of importance of the key data is higher than a threshold degree;
respectively identifying first data corresponding to the key data in a first cache of the storage system and second data corresponding to the key data in a second cache of the storage system as non-removable; and
in response to corruption of the first data, repairing the first data using the second data in the second cache.

Assignees

• Emc Ip Holding Co Llc

Inventors

• Jia Ruiyong
• Xu Xinlei
• Liu Yousheng
• Ge Ping
• Feng Changyu

Classifications

• G06F2212/286

  Mirrored cache memory · CPC title

• G06F12/0868

  Data transfer between cache memory and other subsystems, e.g. storage devices or host systems · CPC title

• G06F2212/1032

  Reliability improvement, data loss prevention, degraded operation etc · CPC title

• G06F12/126

  with special data handling, e.g. priority of data or instructions, handling errors or pinning · CPC title

• G06F12/0802 Primary

  Addressing of a memory level in which the access to the desired data or data block requires associative addressing means, e.g. caches · CPC title