Intermediate apparatus, communication method, and program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12483622-B2
Application number	US-202118568618-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 10, 2021
Priority date	Jun 10, 2021
Publication date	Nov 25, 2025
Grant date	Nov 25, 2025

Abstract

An intermediate device 10A includes a transfer unit 11 that transfers a request including data to be transmitted from a local 30 to a remote 50, and a generation unit 12 that generates a pseudo-response to the request and returns the pseudo-response to the local 30. The intermediate device 10B includes a discard unit 13 that discards a response to the request from the remote 50. An intermediate device 20B includes a generation unit 22 that generates a pseudo-request based on an initial request for requesting data transmission from the local 30 to the remote 50 and transmits the pseudo-request to the remote 50, and a transfer unit 24 that transfers a response including data to be transmitted from the remote 50 to the local 30. The intermediate device 20A includes the discard unit 21 that discards a subsequent request from the local 30.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1 . An intermediate device disposed between a first device and a second device that transfer data using remote direct memory access, the intermediate device comprising:
a transfer unit, including one or more processors, configured to transfer a request including data to be transmitted from the first device to the second device; a generation unit, including one or more processors, configured to generate a pseudo-response to the request and returns the pseudo-response to the first device; and a discard unit, including one or more processors, configured to discard a response to the request from the second device.

2 . The intermediate device according to claim 1 , wherein
a table is created in which destinations of each of requests and responses having the same identifier are combined from requests and responses transmitted and received between the first device and the second device; and the generation unit acquires a combination including a destination of the request from the table, and sets a destination corresponding to the destination of the request in the combination as a destination of the pseudo-response.

3 . The intermediate device according to claim 1 , wherein
the request includes a transmission source of the request, and the generation unit sets a transmission source of the request included in the request as a destination of the pseudo-response.

4 . An intermediate device disposed between a first device and a second device that transfer data using remote direct memory access, the intermediate device comprising:
a generation unit, including one or more processors, configured to generate a pseudo-request for requesting data transmission from the first device to the second device, based on an initial request for requesting data transmission from the first device to the second device, and transmits the pseudo-request to the second device; a transfer unit, including one or more processors, configured to transfer a response including data to be transmitted from the second device to the first device; and a discard unit, including one or more processors, configured to discard a subsequent request from the first device.

5 . A communication method performed by an intermediate device disposed between a first device and a second device that transfer data using remote direct memory access, the method comprising:
generating a pseudo-request for requesting data transmission from the first device to the second device, based on an initial request for requesting data transmission from the first device to the second device, and transmitting the pseudo-request to the second device; transferring a response including data to be transmitted from the second device to the first device; and discarding a subsequent request from the first device.

6 . A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored there on a program for causing one or more processors of the intermediate device according to claim 1 .

7 . A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored there on a program for causing one or more processors of the intermediate device according to claim 4 .

Assignees

• Ntt Inc

Inventors

• Ichikawa Junki
• Nishizawa Hideki
• Shimizu Kenji
• Tsukishima Yukio
• Mano Toru
• Hibi Tomoya
• INOUE Kiwami

Classifications

• G06F15/173

  using an interconnection network, e.g. matrix, shuffle, pyramid, star, snowflake · CPC title

• H04L67/1097 Primary

  for distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS] · CPC title