IP Library Granted Patent US 11,151,057
Granted Patent B2
US 11,151,057 · App. 16/705,323 · Granted Oct 19, 2021

Method and system for efficiently evicting data from memory slots in a storage system

Inventors: Jonathan I. Krasner (Coventry, RI); Jason Jerome Duquette (Milford, MA)
Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
G06F12/126G06N5/04
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Patent No.
US 11,151,057
App. No.
16/705,323
Granted
Oct 19, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for managing data includes generating, by an offload device, predicted active logical partition data using an active logical partition mapping obtained from a host computing device, generating logical partition correlation data using active memory track maps obtained from the host computing device, generating most probable tracks using the predicted active logical partition data and the logical partition correlation data, and sending the most probable tracks to the host computing device, wherein the host computing device evicts data from a memory device based on the most probable tracks.

Claims (47)

1. A method for managing data, the method comprising:

generating, by an offload device, predicted active logical partition data using an active logical partition mapping obtained from a host computing device;

generating logical partition correlation data using active memory track maps obtained from the host computing device;

generating most probable tracks using the predicted active logical partition data and the logical partition correlation data; and

sending the most probable tracks to the host computing device,

wherein the host computing device evicts data from a memory device based on the most probable tracks.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the memory device comprises at least a plurality of memory slots.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the active logical partition mapping specifies a plurality of logical partitions, wherein each of the plurality of logical partitions is associated with a persistent storage device in the host computing device.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:

performing an error analysis on the most probable tracks to generate an error score; and

generating an error report based on the error score.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the error score is sent to the host computing device if the error score exceeds a significance of error.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the predicted active logical partition data is generated after an active logical partition predictor (ALPP) time interval.

7. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the active memory track maps specify a plurality of active tracks, and

wherein each active track in the plurality of active tracks is associated with at least one logical partition.

8. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer readable program code, which when executed by a computer processor enables the computer processor to perform a method for managing data the method comprising:

generating, by an offload device, predicted active logical partition data using an active logical partition mapping obtained from a host computing device;

generating logical partition correlation data using active memory track maps obtained from the host computing device;

generating most probable tracks using the predicted active logical partition data and the logical partition correlation data; and

sending the most probable tracks to the host computing device,

wherein the host computing device evicts data from one or more memory devices based on the most probable tracks.

9. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8 , wherein each memory device comprises at least a plurality of memory slots.

10. The non-transitory computer readable medium of 8 , wherein the active logical partition mapping specifies a plurality of logical partitions, wherein each of the plurality of logical partitions are associated with a persistent storage device in the host computing device.

11. The non-transitory computer readable medium of 8 , wherein the method further comprises:

performing an error analysis on the most probable tracks to generate an error score; and

generating an error report based on the error score.

12. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the error score is sent to the host computing device if the error score exceeds a significance of error.

13. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the predicted active logical partition data is generated after an active logical partition predictor (ALPP) time interval.

14. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8 ,

wherein the active memory track maps specify a plurality of active tracks, and

wherein each active track in the plurality of active tracks is associated with at least one logical partition.

15. An offload device system, comprising:

a processor;

memory comprising instructions, which when executed by the processor, perform a method, the method comprising:

generating, by an offload device, predicted active logical partition data using an active logical partition mapping obtained from a host computing device;

generating logical partition correlation data using active memory track maps obtained from the host computing device;

generating most probable tracks using the predicted active logical partition data and the logical partition correlation data; and

sending the most probable tracks to the host computing device,

wherein the host computing device evicts data from one or more memory devices based on the most probable tracks.

16. The offload device of claim 15 , wherein the memory device comprises at least a plurality of memory slots.

17. The offload device of claim 15 , wherein the active logical partition mapping specifies a plurality of logical partitions, wherein each of the plurality of logical partitions are associated with a persistent storage device in the host computing device.

18. The offload device of claim 15 , wherein the offload device is further programmed to:

perform an error analysis on the most probable tracks to generate an error score; and

generate an error report based on the error score.

19. The offload device of claim 18 , wherein the error score is sent to the host computing device if the error score exceeds a significance of error.

20. The offload device of claim 15 , wherein the predicted active logical partition data is generated after an active logical partition predictor (ALPP) time interval.

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RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL/FRAME (053311/0169) Recorded Jun 23, 2022
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From: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., AS NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT
To: DELL MARKETING L.P. (ON BEHALF OF ITSELF AND AS SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST TO CREDANT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.); DELL INTERNATIONAL L.L.C.; DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; DELL USA L.P.; EMC CORPORATION; DELL MARKETING CORPORATION (SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST TO FORCE10 NETWORKS, INC. AND WYSE TECHNOLOGY L.L.C.); EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
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From: CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH
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SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 5, 2020
From: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; EMC CORPORATION; EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
To: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
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SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Apr 22, 2020
From: CREDANT TECHNOLOGIES INC.; DELL INTERNATIONAL L.L.C.; DELL MARKETING L.P.; DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; DELL USA L.P.; EMC CORPORATION; FORCE10 NETWORKS, INC.; WYSE TECHNOLOGY L.L.C.; EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
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SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Mar 26, 2020
From: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
To: CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH
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PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT (NOTES) Recorded Mar 24, 2020
From: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
To: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 6, 2019
From: KRASNER, JONATHAN I.; DUQUETTE, JASON JEROME
To: EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
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