IP Library Granted Patent US 10,853,268
Granted Patent B2
US 10,853,268 · App. 16/081,876 · Granted Dec 1, 2020

Parity generating information processing system

Inventors: Miho Imazaki (Tokyo, JP); Akira Yamamoto (Tokyo, JP); Tomohiro Yoshihara (Tokyo, JP); Kohei Tatara (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
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Patent No.
US 10,853,268
App. No.
16/081,876
Granted
Dec 1, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information processing system including a processor, a memory, and a plurality of drives, wherein when a write request of new data is received, the processor stores the new data in the memory, transmits a response for the write request to a transmission source of the write request, reads old data updated by the new data from a first drive of the plurality of drives and old parity related to the old data from a second drive of the plurality of drives according to transmission of the response, store the old data and the old parity in the memory, generates new parity related to the new data from the new data, the old data, and the old parity stored in the memory, and stores the new data in the first drive to store the new parity in the second drive.

Claims (38)

1. An information processing system including a processor and a memory and performing data input/output with respect to a storage device, wherein

the memory includes a buffer area and a cache area,

the processor is configured to perform a write process,

the write process includes

storing new data associated with a received write request in the memory,

reading old data updated by the new data and an old parity according to the old data from the storage device,

storing the old data and the old parity in the memory,

generating, based on the new data, the old data, and the old parity, a new parity according to the new data,

storing the new parity in the memory, and

storing the new data and the new parity in the storage device,

wherein the processor is further configured to perform a first write process where the new data is to be stored in the buffer area or a second write process where the new data is to be stored in the cache area, and

when receiving a read request of the new data while the first write process is in progress, the processor performs the second write process instead of the first write process, and transmits, to a request source of the received read request, new data stored in the cache area in the performed second write process.

2. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein

when receiving the write request of the new data and performing the first write process, the processor ensures storage areas for storing the new data, the old data, the old parity, and the new parity in the memory, and receives the new data after ensuring the storage areas.

3. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein

the processor further stores the new parity in the buffer area in the first write process.

4. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein in the first write process, the processor further stores the new data and the new parity in the storage device and deletes the old data and the old parity stored in the buffer area from the buffer area.

5. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein

the processor stores the new data and the new parity in the cache area in second write process.

6. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein

when storing the new data in the cache area in the second write process, the processor transmits a response to a request source of the write request, and generates the new parity after transmitting the response.

7. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein

when storing the new data in the cache area in the second write process, the processor a response transmits to a request source of the write request, and generates the new parity asynchronously with transmitting the response.

8. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein

the storage device includes a first storage device in which data is stored and a second storage device in which a parity is stored,

the first storage device reads the old data and stores the new data, and

the second storage device reads the old parity and stores the new parity.

9. An information processing method for an information processing system including a processor and a memory in which data input/output are performed with respect to a storage device, wherein the memory includes a buffer area and a cache area, the information processing method includes

storing new data associated with a received write request in the memory,

reading old data updated by the new data and an old parity according to the old data from the storage device,

storing the old data and the old parity in the memory,

generating, based on the new data, the old data, and the old parity, a new parity according to the new data,

storing the new parity in the memory,

storing the new data and the new parity in the storage device,

wherein the information processing method further includes a first write process where the new data is to be stored in the buffer area or a second write process where the new data is to be stored in the cache area, and

when receiving a read request of the new data while the first write process is in progress,

performing the second write process instead of the first write process, and

transmitting, to a request source of the received read request, new data stored in the cache area in the performed second write process.

Assignments (2)
COMPANY SPLIT Recorded Aug 20, 2024
From: HITACHI, LTD.
To: HITACHI VANTARA, LTD.
Reel/Frame 069518/0761 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 31, 2018
From: IMAZAKI, MIHO; YAMAMOTO, AKIRA; YOSHIHARA, TOMOHIRO; TATARA, KOHEI
To: HITACHI, LTD.
Reel/Frame 046771/0610 →
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