Storage system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12056366-B2
Application number	US-202217940371-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 8, 2022
Priority date	Mar 16, 2022
Publication date	Aug 6, 2024
Grant date	Aug 6, 2024

Abstract

A volume to be accessed by a host is provided. A reliability policy related to data reliability and a performance policy related to response performance to an access to the volume are set in the volume. A node that processes redundant data of data for a node that processes the data related to the volume is determined based on the reliability policy. The determined node returns a result of an access to the volume from the host according to the performance policy.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A data processing method of a storage system including a plurality of nodes connected to each other via a network, and a storage device, each of the plurality of nodes including a processor that processes data input to and output from the storage device, and a memory, the data processing method allowing the processor to:
provide a volume to be accessed by a host;
set a reliability policy related to data reliability and a performance policy related to response performance to an access to the volume in the volume;
determine a node that processes redundant data of data for a node that processes the data related to the volume based on the reliability policy;
determine, for each node based on the performance policy, a memory or storage device to store the data or the redundant data to return a result of the access to the volume;
return a response to the host when data of the write request from the host is stored in a memory or a storage device determined based on the performance policy of a node that processes the data, and the redundant data is stored in the memory or the storage device determined based on the performance policy of the node that processes the redundant data;
change the reliability policy and/or the performance policy while an access from the host to the volume occurs;
change necessity of redundancy of the data, a target node of the redundancy of the data, and a storage device of a data storage destination based on the reliability policy and the performance policy; and
return a response to the host when the data is stored in the changed storage device.

2. A storage system comprising:
a plurality of nodes connected to each other via a network, and a storage device, each of the plurality of nodes including a processor that processes data input to and output from the storage device, and a memory, wherein
the processor is configured to:
provide a volume to be accessed by a host;
set a reliability policy related to data reliability and a performance policy related to response performance to an access to the volume in the volume;
determine a node that processes redundant data of data for a node that processes the data related to the volume based on the reliability policy;
determine, for each node based on the performance policy, a memory or storage device to store the data or the redundant data to return a result of the access to the volume;
return a response to the host when data of the write request from the host is stored in a memory or a storage device determined based on the performance policy of a node that processes the data, and the redundant data is stored in the memory or the storage device determined based on the performance policy of the node that processes the redundant data;
change the reliability policy and/or the performance policy while an access from the host to the volume occurs;
change necessity of redundancy of the data, a target node of the redundancy of the data, and a storage device of a data storage destination based on the reliability policy and the performance policy; and
return a response to the host when the data is stored in the changed storage device.

3. The storage system according to claim 2 , wherein the processor is configured to:
determine, based on the performance policy, different memories or storage devices for a node that processes the data and a node that processes the redundant data.

4. The storage system according to claim 3 , wherein the processor is configured to:
after data is stored in a memory and a response is returned to the host at the node determined, move the data from the memory to the storage device.

5. The storage system according to claim 3 , wherein the processor is configured to:
when the reliability policy does not require redundancy of data applied to the volume, store the data in the memory and return a response to the access to the host.

6. The storage system according to claim 3 , wherein the processor is configured to:
when the reliability policy requires redundancy of the data, execute a response to the host for the access for each of two or more nodes among the plurality of nodes based on storage of data in different types of storage devices among the plurality of storage devices.

7. The storage system according to claim 3 , wherein the processor is configured to:
when the reliability policy requires redundancy of the data, execute a response to the host for the access for each of two or more nodes among the plurality of nodes based on storage of the data in a storage device equal in type to each other.

8. The storage system according to claim 2 , comprising:
a plurality of availability zones, each of the plurality of availability zones including a plurality of the nodes, wherein
the processor determines whether to store the data and the redundant data in a plurality of nodes belonging to an availability zone equal to each other or across a plurality of nodes belonging to a plurality of availability zones based on the reliability policy.

9. The storage system according to claim 8 , wherein the processor is configured to:
select a low-load node among the plurality of nodes as a node for storing the redundant data.

10. The storage system according to claim 2 , wherein the processor is configured to:
determine a node that stores redundant data of the data based on a communication state of the network.

11. The storage system according to claim 2 , wherein the processor is configured to use duplicated data of the data as the redundant data of the data applied to the volume.

12. The storage system according to claim 2 , wherein the processor is configured to determine the reliability policy and the performance policy so as to satisfy a performance index value set by a user.

Assignees

• Hitachi Ltd

Inventors

• Ono Taisuke
• Saito Hideo
• Nakamura Takaki
• Yamamoto Takahiro

Classifications

• G06F3/067

  Distributed or networked storage systems, e.g. storage area networks [SAN], network attached storage [NAS] · CPC title

• G06F3/0659

  Command handling arrangements, e.g. command buffers, queues, command scheduling · CPC title

• G06F3/0635

  by changing the path, e.g. traffic rerouting, path reconfiguration · CPC title

• G06F3/0665

  at area level, e.g. provisioning of virtual or logical volumes · CPC title

• G06F3/0614 Primary

  Improving the reliability of storage systems · CPC title