Computing core application access utilizing dispersed storage
View Patent ↗A computing core includes a processing module, main memory, and a memory controller. The memory controller receives a request to store a data result from a processing module and determines whether to store the data result in an error encoded format. When the memory controller determines to store the data result in the error encoded format, it facilitates encoding the data result in accordance with a dispersed storage error coding function to produce one or more sets of encoded data slices. The memory controller then determines where to store the one or more sets of encoded data slices and provides the one or more sets of encoded data slices to one or more identified memories for storage.
1. A method for execution by a computer core, the method comprises:
receiving a request to store a data result from a processing module;
determining whether to store the data result in an error encoded format;
when the data result is to be stored in the error encoded format:
facilitating encoding the data result in accordance with a dispersed storage error coding function to produce one or more sets of encoded data slices, wherein the facilitating includes:
buffering the data result;
when the processing module is available, sending the data result and encoding instructions to the processing module;
executing, by the processing module, the encoding instructions to error encode the data result to produce the one or more sets of encoded data slices; and
receiving the one or more sets of encoded data slices from the processing module;
determining where to store the one or more sets of encoded data slices; and
providing the one or more sets of encoded data slices to one or more identified memories for storage.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining whether to store the data result in an error encoded format comprises:
accessing a memory map to determine that the data result is to be stored in the error encoded format.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining where to store the one or more sets of encoded data slices comprises:
accessing a memory map to determine the one or more identified memories.
4. The method of claim 1 further comprises:
when the data result is to be stored in a non-error encoded format:
determining where to store the data result; and
providing the data result to an identified memory for storage.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the data result comprises one of:
a data result from executing one or more operating system instructions:
a data result from executing one or more application instructions: and
a data result from executing one or more software driver instructions.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more identified memories comprises one or more of:
main memory;
non-core memory;
local area network (LAN) memory; and
wide area network (WAN) memory.
7. The method of claim 1 further comprises:
initially storing the data result in main memory in a non-error encoded format; and
retrieving the data result from the main memory for the encoding.
8. A computing core comprises:
a processing module operable to execute encoding instructions to error encode a data result to produce one or more sets of encoded data slices;
main memory; and
a memory controller operable to:
receive a request to store the data result from the processing module;
determine whether to store the data result in an error encoded format;
when the data result is to be stored in the error encoded format:
facilitate encoding the data result in accordance with a dispersed storage error coding function to produce the one or more sets of encoded data slices, wherein the facilitating includes:
buffering the data result; and
when the processing module is available:
sending the data result and encoding instructions to the processing module; and
receiving the one or more sets of encoded data slices from the processing module;
determine where to store the one or more sets of encoded data slices; and
provide the one or more sets of encoded data slices to one or more identified memories for storage.
9. The computing core of claim 8 , wherein the memory controller is further operable to determine whether to store the data result in an error encoded format by:
accessing a memory map to determine that the data result is to be stored in the error encoded format.
10. The computing core of claim 8 , wherein the memory controller is further operable to determine where to store the one or more sets of encoded data slices by:
accessing a memory map to determine the one or more identified memories.
11. The computing core of claim 8 , wherein the memory controller is further operable to:
when the data result is to be stored in a non-error encoded format:
determine where to store the data result; and
provide the data result to an identified memory for storage.
12. The computing core of claim 8 , wherein the data result comprises one of:
a data result from executing one or more operating system instructions:
a data result from executing one or more application instructions: and
a data result from executing one or more software driver instructions.
13. The computing core of claim 8 , wherein the one or more identified memories comprises one or more of:
the main memory;
non-core memory;
local area network (LAN) memory; and
wide area network (WAN) memory.
14. The computing core of claim 8 , wherein the memory controller is further operable to:
facilitate initially storing the data result in main memory in a non-error encoded format; and
retrieve the data result from the main memory for the encoding.