Granted Patent B2

US 12,216,544 · App. 17/546,319 · Granted Feb 4, 2025

Inventors: Xiuwu Wang (Chengdu, CN); Ji Ouyang (Shenzhen, CN)

Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.

G06F11/1446G06F11/14G06F11/1451G06F11/2074G06F16/27G06F11/1461G06F11/1464G06F11/2066G06F2201/84

Abstract

Claims (33)

1. A data replication method, comprising:

obtaining a usage status comprising a ratio of a data amount of incoming data at a first device and a bandwidth for replication between the first device and a second device, wherein a replication manner to replicate data from the first device to the second device is based on the usage status and a preset threshold;

taking a snapshot for the first device from the second device and replicating the data to the second device according to the snapshot when the ratio is less than the preset threshold; and

replicating, according to a storage address of the data that is located in the first device, the data from the first device to the second device without a snapshot operation when the ratio is not less than the preset threshold and taking no snapshot for the first device until the ratio decreases to be less than the preset threshold.

2. The data replication method of claim 1 , wherein the usage status further comprises the data amount of incoming data at the first device and the bandwidth for replication between the first device and the second device.

3. The data replication method of claim 1 , wherein the usage status comprises the data amount of incoming data at the first device.

4. The data replication method of claim 1 , wherein one of the two kinds of replication manners is taking the snapshot on differential data differentiating the first device from the second device.

5. The data replication method of claim 4 , wherein the snapshot is a copy-on-write (COW) snapshot or a split-mirror snapshot.

6. The data replication method of claim 1 , further comprising obtaining a time required for the replication as the ratio.

7. The data replication method of claim 1 , further comprising recording the bandwidth.

8. The data replication method of claim 1 , wherein replicating the data further comprises performing each round of data replication according to a sequence in which a data replication pointer points from a start address in the first device to an end address in the second device.

9. An electronic device, comprising:

a memory configured to store a program; and

a processor coupled to the memory and configured to execute the program to cause the electronic device to:

obtain a usage status comprising a ratio of a data amount of incoming data at a first device and a bandwidth for replication between the first device and a second device wherein a replication manner to replicate data from the first device to the second device is based on the usage status and a preset threshold;

take a snapshot for the first device from the second device and replicating the data to the second device according to the snapshot when the ratio is less than the preset threshold; and

replicate, according to a storage address of the data that is located in the first device, the data from the first device to the second device without a snapshot operation when the ratio is not less than the preset threshold and take no snapshot for the first device until the ratio decreases to be less than the preset threshold.

10. The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the usage status further comprises the data amount of incoming data at the first device and the bandwidth for replication between the first device and the second device.

11. The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the usage status comprises the data amount of incoming data at the first device.

12. The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein one of the two kinds of replication manners is taking the snapshot on differential data differentiating the first device from the second device.

13. The electronic device of claim 12 , wherein the snapshot is a copy-on-write (COW) snapshot or a split-mirror snapshot.

14. The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the processor is further configured to obtain a time required for the replication as the ratio.

15. The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the processor is further configured to record the bandwidth.

16. A storage system, comprising:

a second device; and

a first device communicatively coupled to the second device and configured to:

obtain a usage status comprising a ratio of a data amount of incoming data at the first device and a bandwidth for replication between the first device and the second device wherein a replication manner to replicate data from the first device to the second device is based on the usage status and a preset threshold; and

replicate, according to a storage address of the data that is located in the first device, the data from the first device to the second device without a snapshot operation when the ratio is not less than the preset threshold and take no snapshot for the first device until the ratio decreases to be less than the preset threshold.

17. The storage system of claim 16 , wherein the usage status further comprises the data amount of incoming data at the first device and the bandwidth for replication between the first device and the second device.

18. The storage system of claim 16 , wherein the usage status comprises the data amount of incoming data at the first device.

19. The storage system of claim 16 , wherein one of the two kinds of replication manners is taking the snapshot on differential data differentiating the first device from the second device.

20. The storage system of claim 19 , wherein the snapshot is a copy-on-write (COW) snapshot or a split-mirror snapshot.

21. The storage system of claim 16 , wherein the first device is further configured to obtain a time required for the replication as the ratio.

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