Apparatus, system, and method for converting a storage request into an append data storage command

1. An apparatus to sequentially store data, the apparatus comprising:

a storage request receiver module that receives a storage request from a requesting device, the storage request comprising a source parameter for a data segment, the source parameter comprising a virtual address;

a translation module that translates the storage request to one or more append data storage commands, each append data storage command directing a nonvolatile solid-state data storage device to store data of the data segment and the source parameter at an append point of a sequential log, each append data storage command organized to maintain an order that data segments are received such that the sequential log stores the data segment in an order that the data segment is received, the translation module including a location of the append point in the one or more append data storage commands; and

a mapping module that maps the source parameter of the data segment to a location of the data segment on the nonvolatile solid-state data storage device, the mapping module receiving, from the translation module, the location where the nonvolatile solid-state data storage device appends the data segment, the data segment and the source parameter stored in the sequential log such that the sequential log maintains a mapping between the source parameter and the location of the data segment on the nonvolatile solid-state data storage device.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein storing the source parameter with the data of the data segment comprises storing the data of the data segment and the source parameter simultaneously at the append point of the sequential log.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the data of the data segment is stored as a data packet and wherein storing the source parameter with the data of the data segment comprises storing the source parameter in a data packet header, the data packet header stored together with the data of the data packet.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a garbage collection module that moves valid data to the append point of the sequential log, wherein the mapping module remaps the source parameter of the valid data to a new location where the nonvolatile solid-state data storage device appends the valid data and the associated source parameter.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein data segments are stored sequentially within a region of the nonvolatile solid-state data storage device and further comprising storing sequence information of the region that identifies when the region was written with data segments with respect to when other regions were written with data segments, wherein the sequential log comprises the sequence information of the regions and the sequence that data segments are stored in each region.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a physical location of the data of the data segment along with the source parameter stored with the data comprise a primary virtual-to-physical mapping persisted on the nonvolatile solid-state data storage device and the mapping created by the mapping module comprises a secondary virtual-to-physical mapping.

7. The apparatus of claim 6 , further comprising an index rebuild module that rebuilds the secondary virtual-to-physical mapping created by the mapping module for the data segment, the index rebuild module rebuilding the mapping using the primary virtual-to-physical mapping by using the source parameter stored with the data of the data segment and using the physical location on the nonvolatile solid-state data storage device where the data of the data segment is stored.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a storage response receiver module that receives a storage command response from the nonvolatile solid-state data storage device, the storage command response comprising a location where the nonvolatile solid-state data storage device appended the data of the data segment and associated source parameter.

9. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the apparatus emulates a random access, logical block storage device storing data as directed by the storage request, wherein the virtual address of the data segment comprises a logical block address.

10. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the source parameter comprises a virtual identifier in addition to the logical block address, the virtual identifier identifying a file or object of the data segment.

11. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a compression module that compresses data of an append data storage command prior to storage of the data on the nonvolatile solid-state data storage device, the append data storage command associated with the data segment.

12. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a command reordering module that modifies a sequence that two or more outstanding append data storage commands are executed.

13. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the storage request receiver module receives two or more storage requests and further comprising a request reordering module that reorders a sequence that the two or more storage requests are serviced.

14. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the source parameter further comprises at least one of a virtual identifier associated with the data segment, a device identifier, a partition identifier, lengths of one or more data packets of the data segment, one or more memory locations in a memory of a host where the data segment is located prior to or subsequent to the storage request, one or more lengths of data in the one or more memory locations, attributes of the data segment, metadata of the data segment, and control parameters of the data segment.

15. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the source parameter includes one or more physical memory addresses where the data segment is read from as a result of the storage request.

16. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein at least one of the storage request and the one or more append data storage commands initiate one of a direct memory access (“DMA”) process and a remote DMA (“RDMA”) process to transfer data of the data segment to the nonvolatile solid-state data storage device.

17. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a response transmission module that transmits a storage request response to the requesting device, the storage request response comprising information regarding execution of the storage request.

18. A system to sequentially store data, the system comprising:

a nonvolatile solid-state data storage device; and

a storage controller controlling the nonvolatile solid-state data storage device, the storage controller comprising

a storage request receiver module that receives a storage request from a requesting device, the storage request comprising a source parameter for a data segment, the source parameter comprising a virtual address;

a translation module that translates the storage request to one or more append data storage commands, each append data storage command directing a nonvolatile solid-state data storage device to store data of the data segment and the source parameter at an append point of a sequential log, each append data storage command organized to maintain an order that data segments are received such that the sequential log stores the data segment in an order that the data segment is received, the translation module including a location of the append point in the one or more append data storage commands; and

a mapping module that maps the source parameter of the data segment to a location of the data segment on the nonvolatile solid-state data storage device, the mapping module receiving, from the translation module, the location where the nonvolatile solid-state data storage device appends the data segment, the data segment and the source parameter stored in the sequential log such that the sequential log maintains a mapping between the source parameter and the location of the data segment on the nonvolatile solid-state storage device.

19. The system of claim 18 , wherein the requesting device comprises a client in communication with the storage controller over a computer network.

20. The system of claim 19 , wherein one or more of the storage request receiver module, the translation module, and the mapping module operate independent of the client.

21. The system of claim 18 , further comprising a server, wherein the storage controller is within the server.

22. A method for sequentially storing data, the method comprising:

receiving a storage request from a requesting device, the storage request comprising a source parameter for a data segment, the source parameter comprising a virtual address;

translating the storage request to one or more append data storage commands, each append data storage command directing a nonvolatile solid-state data storage device to store data of the data segment and the source parameter at an append point of a sequential log, each append data storage command organized to maintain an order that data segments are received such that the sequential log stores the data segment in an order that the data segment is received;

receiving a storage command response from the nonvolatile solid-state data storage device, the storage command response comprising a location where the nonvolatile solid-state data storage device appended the data segment and associated source parameter; and

mapping the source parameter of the data segment to the location of the data segment on the nonvolatile solid-state data storage device in response to receiving the location from the storage command response, the data segment and the source parameter stored in the sequential log such that the sequential log maintains a mapping between the source parameter and the location of the data segment on the nonvolatile solid-state data storage device.

23. The method of claim 22 , further comprising moving valid data to the append point of the sequential log and remapping the source parameter of the valid data to a new location where the nonvolatile solid-state storage device appended the valid data and the associated source parameter.

24. The method of claim 22 , further comprising rebuilding the mapping of the source parameter of the data segment to the location of the data segment on the nonvolatile solid-state data storage device using the source parameter stored with the data of the data segment in the sequential log and using a physical location on the nonvolatile solid-state storage device where the data of the data segment is stored.

25. The method of claim 22 , wherein the data of the data segment is stored as a data packet and wherein storing the source parameter with the data of the data segment comprises storing the source parameter in a data packet header, the data packet header stored together with the data of the data packet.

26. The method of claim 22 , wherein data segments are stored sequentially within a region of the nonvolatile solid-state data storage device and further comprising storing sequence information of the region that identifies when the region was written with data segments with respect to when other regions were written with data segments, wherein the sequential log comprises the sequence information of the regions and the sequence that data segments are stored in each region.

27. A method for sequentially storing data, the method comprising:

receiving a storage request from a requesting device, the storage request comprising a source parameter for a data segment;

translating, by a translation module, the storage request to one or more append data storage commands, each append data storage command directing a nonvolatile solid-state data storage device to store data of the data segment at an append point of a sequential log, each append data storage command organized to maintain an order that data segments are received such that the sequential log stores the data segment in an order that the data segment is received, the one or more append data storage commands including a location of the append point; and

mapping, by a mapping module, the source parameter of the data segment to a location on the nonvolatile solid-state storage device in response to receiving, from the translation module, the location where the nonvolatile solid-state data storage device appends the data segment.

28. The method of claim 27 , further comprising moving valid data to the append point of the sequential log and remapping the source parameter of the valid data to a new location where the nonvolatile solid-state storage device appends the valid data.

29. The method of claim 27 , further comprising rebuilding the mapping of the source parameter of the data segment to the location on the nonvolatile solid-state data storage device using the source parameter stored with the data of the data segment in the sequential log and using a physical location on the nonvolatile solid-state storage device where the data of the data segment is stored.

30. The method of claim 27 , wherein the data of the data segment is stored as a data packet and wherein the source parameter is stored in a data packet header, the data packet header stored together with the data of the data packet.

31. The method of claim 27 , wherein data segments are stored sequentially within a region of the nonvolatile solid-state data storage device and further comprising storing sequence information of the region that identifies when the region was written with data segments with respect to when other regions were written with data segments, wherein the sequential log comprises the sequence information of the regions and the sequence that data segments are stored in each region.