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Title: Distributed metadata servers for cluster file systems using shared low latency persistent key-value metadata store

Abstract

A cluster file system is provided having a plurality of distributed metadata servers with shared access to one or more shared low latency persistent key-value metadata stores. A metadata server comprises an abstract storage interface comprising a software interface module that communicates with at least one shared persistent key-value metadata store providing a key-value interface for persistent storage of key-value metadata. The software interface module provides the key-value metadata to the at least one shared persistent key-value metadata store in a key-value format. The shared persistent key-value metadata store is accessed by a plurality of metadata servers. A metadata request can be processed by a given metadata server independently of other metadata servers in the cluster file system. A distributed metadata storage environment is also disclosed that comprises a plurality of metadata servers having an abstract storage interface to at least one shared persistent key-value metadata store.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1414930
Patent Number(s):
9852146
Application Number:
14/663,634
Assignee:
EMC IP Holding Company LLC (Hopkinton, MA); Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, NM)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
G - PHYSICS G06 - COMPUTING G06F - ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
DOE Contract Number:  
AC52-06NA25396
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2015 Mar 20
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
97 MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING

Citation Formats

Bent, John M., Faibish, Sorin, Pedone, Jr., James M., Tzelnic, Percy, Ting, Dennis P. J., Ionkov, Latchesar A., and Grider, Gary. Distributed metadata servers for cluster file systems using shared low latency persistent key-value metadata store. United States: N. p., 2017. Web.
Bent, John M., Faibish, Sorin, Pedone, Jr., James M., Tzelnic, Percy, Ting, Dennis P. J., Ionkov, Latchesar A., & Grider, Gary. Distributed metadata servers for cluster file systems using shared low latency persistent key-value metadata store. United States.
Bent, John M., Faibish, Sorin, Pedone, Jr., James M., Tzelnic, Percy, Ting, Dennis P. J., Ionkov, Latchesar A., and Grider, Gary. Tue . "Distributed metadata servers for cluster file systems using shared low latency persistent key-value metadata store". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1414930.
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abstractNote = {A cluster file system is provided having a plurality of distributed metadata servers with shared access to one or more shared low latency persistent key-value metadata stores. A metadata server comprises an abstract storage interface comprising a software interface module that communicates with at least one shared persistent key-value metadata store providing a key-value interface for persistent storage of key-value metadata. The software interface module provides the key-value metadata to the at least one shared persistent key-value metadata store in a key-value format. The shared persistent key-value metadata store is accessed by a plurality of metadata servers. A metadata request can be processed by a given metadata server independently of other metadata servers in the cluster file system. A distributed metadata storage environment is also disclosed that comprises a plurality of metadata servers having an abstract storage interface to at least one shared persistent key-value metadata store.},
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year = {Tue Dec 26 00:00:00 EST 2017},
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