公开(公告)号：US08291132B2

公开(公告)日：2012-10-16

申请号：US12904522

申请日：2010-10-14

申请人： David J Cuddihy ,  Shawn C Martin ,  David A Snell

发明人： David J Cuddihy ,  Shawn C Martin ,  David A Snell

IPC分类号： G06F13/00

CPC分类号： H04L67/1095 ,  H04L67/1097 ,  H04L69/329

摘要： The present invention provides an improved method and system of improving the efficiency, and ensuring the integrity, of a data transfer in a serverless backup, or third party copy, system having one or more physical storage devices. The present invention provides improvements to the processing of serverless copy, or EXTENDED COPY, commands, and transfers of data associated with such commands. These improvements increase the speed at which such commands are executed and completed, and increase the capabilities of copy managers in serverless backup systems. The improvements also make better use of the storage devices involved in the data backup process. Certain aspects of the invention allow for execution of data segments of any size, and providing a compiler for generating input/output actions.

摘要翻译： 本发明提供一种提高在具有一个或多个物理存储设备的无服务器备份或第三方拷贝系统中的数据传输的效率和确保完整性的改进方法和系统。 本发明提供对无服务器复制或扩展复制，命令和与这些命令相关联的数据的传送的处理的改进。 这些改进提高了执行和完成这些命令的速度，并增加了无服务器备份系统中的副本管理器的功能。 这些改进还可以更好地利用数据备份过程中涉及的存储设备。 本发明的某些方面允许执行任何大小的数据段，并且提供用于生成输入/输出动作的编译器。

公开(公告)号：US20110093626A1

公开(公告)日：2011-04-21

申请号：US12904522

申请日：2010-10-14

申请人： DAVID J. CUDDIHY ,  SHAWN C. MARTIN ,  DAVID A. SNELL

发明人： DAVID J. CUDDIHY ,  SHAWN C. MARTIN ,  DAVID A. SNELL

IPC分类号： G06F13/10

CPC分类号： H04L67/1095 ,  H04L67/1097 ,  H04L69/329

摘要： The present invention provides an improved method and system of improving the efficiency, and ensuring the integrity, of a data transfer in a serverless backup, or third party copy, system having one or more physical storage devices. The present invention provides improvements to the processing of serverless copy, or EXTENDED COPY, commands, and transfers of data associated with such commands. These improvements increase the speed at which such commands are executed and completed, and increase the capabilities of copy managers in serverless backup systems. The improvements also make better use of the storage devices involved in the data backup process. Certain aspects of the invention allow for execution of data segments of any size, and providing a compiler for generating input/output actions.

摘要翻译： 本发明提供一种提高在具有一个或多个物理存储设备的无服务器备份或第三方拷贝系统中的数据传输的效率和确保完整性的改进方法和系统。 本发明提供对无服务器复制或扩展复制，命令和与这些命令相关联的数据的传送的处理的改进。 这些改进提高了执行和完成这些命令的速度，并增加了无服务器备份系统中的副本管理器的功能。 这些改进还可以更好地利用数据备份过程中涉及的存储设备。 本发明的某些方面允许执行任何大小的数据段，并且提供用于生成输入/输出动作的编译器。

公开(公告)号：US07788324B2

公开(公告)日：2010-08-31

申请号：US10113888

申请日：2002-03-29

申请人： David J. Cuddihy ,  Shawn C. Martin ,  Michael H. Miller ,  David A. Snell

发明人： David J. Cuddihy ,  Shawn C. Martin ,  Michael H. Miller ,  David A. Snell

IPC分类号： G06F15/16 ,  G06F15/173 ,  G06F13/00

CPC分类号： H04L67/1095 ,  H04L67/1097 ,  H04L69/329

摘要： The present invention provides an improved method and system of improving the efficiency, and ensuring the integrity, of a data transfer in a serverless backup, or third party copy, system having one or more physical storage devices. The present invention provides improvements to the processing of serverless copy, or EXTENDED COPY, commands, and transfers of data associated with such commands. These improvements increase the speed at which such commands are executed and completed, and increase the capabilities of copy managers in serverless backup systems. The improvements also make better use of the storage devices involved in the data backup process. The method broadly includes determining a desired manner of execution of segment descriptors, or instructions, as a function of components of those instructions. Other aspects of the invention allow for execution of data segments of any size, and validation of segment descriptors and target descriptors prior to data transfer.

公开(公告)号：US20100070656A1

公开(公告)日：2010-03-18

申请号：US12558002

申请日：2009-09-11

申请人： David A. Snell ,  Michael M. Boncaldo ,  David J. Cuddihy

发明人： David A. Snell ,  Michael M. Boncaldo ,  David J. Cuddihy

IPC分类号： G06F3/00

CPC分类号： G06F3/0659 ,  G06F3/0613 ,  G06F3/0689 ,  G06F2206/1012

摘要： In association with a storage system, dividing or splitting file system I/O commands, or generating I/O subcommands, in a multi-connection environment. In one aspect, a host device is coupled to disk storage by a plurality of high speed connections, and a host application issues an I/O command which is divided or split into multiple subcommands, based on attributes of data on the target storage, a weighted path algorithm and/or target, connection or other characteristics. Another aspect comprises a method for generating a queuing policy and/or manipulating queuing policy attributes of I/O subcommands based on characteristics of the initial I/O command or target storage. I/O subcommands may be sent on specific connections to optimize available target bandwidth. In other aspects, responses to I/O subcommands are aggregated and passed to the host application as a single I/O command response.

摘要翻译： 与存储系统相关联，在多连接环境中分割或分割文件系统I / O命令或生成I / O子命令。 在一个方面，主机设备通过多个高速连接耦合到磁盘存储器，并且主机应用基于目标存储器上的数据的属性发出划分或分割成多个子命令的I / O命令， 加权路径算法和/或目标，连接或其他特征。 另一方面包括基于初始I / O命令或目标存储器的特性来生成排队策略和/或操纵I / O子命令的排队策略属性的方法。 可以在特定连接上发送I / O子命令，以优化可用的目标带宽。 在其他方面，对I / O子命令的响应将作为单个I / O命令响应进行聚合并传递到主机应用程序。

公开(公告)号：US08504770B2

公开(公告)日：2013-08-06

申请号：US13227350

申请日：2011-09-07

申请人： David J Cuddihy ,  Christopher M Kalisiak ,  David A Snell

发明人： David J Cuddihy ,  Christopher M Kalisiak ,  David A Snell

IPC分类号： G06F12/00

CPC分类号： G06F3/067 ,  G06F3/0605 ,  G06F3/0631 ,  G06F3/0635 ,  G06F3/0689 ,  H04L67/1097

摘要： The present invention provides an improved device, system and method for representation of target devices in a storage router. In one aspect, a device, system and method are provided for predictive representation of SAS/SATA-based target devices in a storage router corresponding to the physical layout of the target devices. In another aspect, a storage router is communicatively connectable to a plurality of target storage devices. In one embodiment, a router discovery manager or module is configured to discover the physical layout of the target storage devices; a host system interface receives and responds to data storage commands; a computer bus interface connects/communicates with SAS and SATA storage; and a plurality of host system interface to target storage device maps correspond to the physical layout of the target storage devices.

摘要翻译： 本发明提供了一种用于在存储路由器中表示目标设备的改进的设备，系统和方法。 在一个方面，提供了一种设备，系统和方法，用于在对应于目标设备的物理布局的存储路由器中用于预测表示基于SAS / SATA的目标设备。 另一方面，存储路由器可通信地连接到多个目标存储设备。 在一个实施例中，路由器发现管理器或模块被配置为发现目标存储设备的物理布局; 主机系统接口接收并响应数据存储命令; 计算机总线接口与SAS和SATA存储器连接/通信; 目标存储设备映射的多个主机系统接口对应于目标存储设备的物理布局。

公开(公告)号：US20120059991A1

公开(公告)日：2012-03-08

申请号：US13227350

申请日：2011-09-07

申请人： DAVID J. CUDDIHY ,  CHRISTOPHER M. KALISIAK ,  DAVID A. SNELL

发明人： DAVID J. CUDDIHY ,  CHRISTOPHER M. KALISIAK ,  DAVID A. SNELL

IPC分类号： G06F12/00

CPC分类号： G06F3/067 ,  G06F3/0605 ,  G06F3/0631 ,  G06F3/0635 ,  G06F3/0689 ,  H04L67/1097

摘要： The present invention provides an improved device, system and method for representation of target devices in a storage router. In one aspect, a device, system and method are provided for predictive representation of SAS/SATA-based target devices in a storage router corresponding to the physical layout of the target devices. In another aspect, a storage router is communicatively connectable to a plurality of target storage devices. In one embodiment, a router discovery manager or module is configured to discover the physical layout of the target storage devices; a host system interface receives and responds to data storage commands; a computer bus interface connects/communicates with SAS and SATA storage; and a plurality of host system interface to target storage device maps correspond to the physical layout of the target storage devices.

摘要翻译： 本发明提供了一种用于在存储路由器中表示目标设备的改进的设备，系统和方法。 在一个方面，提供了一种设备，系统和方法，用于在对应于目标设备的物理布局的存储路由器中用于预测表示基于SAS / SATA的目标设备。 另一方面，存储路由器可通信地连接到多个目标存储设备。 在一个实施例中，路由器发现管理器或模块被配置为发现目标存储设备的物理布局; 主机系统接口接收并响应数据存储命令; 计算机总线接口与SAS和SATA存储器连接/通信; 目标存储设备映射的多个主机系统接口对应于目标存储设备的物理布局。

公开(公告)号：US07836225B2

公开(公告)日：2010-11-16

申请号：US11709948

申请日：2007-02-23

申请人： David J. Cuddihy ,  Shawn C. Martin ,  Michael H. Miller ,  David A. Snell

发明人： David J. Cuddihy ,  Shawn C. Martin ,  Michael H. Miller ,  David A. Snell

IPC分类号： G06F13/00

CPC分类号： H04L67/1095 ,  H04L67/1097 ,  H04L69/329

摘要： The present invention provides an improved method and system of improving the efficiency, and ensuring the integrity, of a data transfer in a serverless backup, or third party copy, system having one or more physical storage devices. The present invention provides improvements to the processing of serverless copy, or EXTENDED COPY, commands, and transfers of data associated with such commands. These improvements increase the speed at which such commands are executed and completed, and increase the capabilities of copy managers in serverless backup systems. The improvements also make better use of the storage devices involved in the data backup process. The method broadly includes determining a desired manner of execution of segment descriptors, or instructions, as a function of components of those instructions. Other aspects of the invention allow for execution of data segments of any size, and validation of segment descriptors and target descriptors prior to data transfer.

摘要翻译： 本发明提供一种提高在具有一个或多个物理存储设备的无服务器备份或第三方拷贝系统中的数据传输的效率和确保完整性的改进方法和系统。 本发明提供对无服务器复制或扩展复制，命令和与这些命令相关联的数据的传送的处理的改进。 这些改进提高了执行和完成这些命令的速度，并增加了无服务器备份系统中的副本管理器的功能。 这些改进还可以更好地利用数据备份过程中涉及的存储设备。 该方法广泛地包括根据这些指令的组件的函数确定段描述符或指令的期望执行方式。 本发明的其他方面允许在数据传输之前执行任何大小的数据段，以及片段描述符和目标描述符的验证。