EP2572280A4 - System and method for making snapshots of storage devices - Google Patents

System and method for making snapshots of storage devices

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Publication number: EP2572280A4
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: storage devices; making snapshots; snapshots; making; devices
Prior art date: 2011-07-01
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Ceased

Application number

EP20110866436

Other languages

German (de)

French (fr)

Other versions

EP2572280A1 (en

Inventor

Andrew Patterson

James Hughes

Hao Zhang

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

Huawei Technologies Co Ltd

Original Assignee

Huawei Technologies Co Ltd

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

2011-07-01

Filing date

2011-12-02

Publication date

2013-09-11

2011-07-01 Priority claimed from US13/175,251 external-priority patent/US9335931B2/en

2011-08-23 Priority claimed from US13/215,345 external-priority patent/US9026849B2/en

2011-12-02 Application filed by Huawei Technologies Co Ltd filed Critical Huawei Technologies Co Ltd

2013-03-27 Publication of EP2572280A1 publication Critical patent/EP2572280A1/en

2013-09-11 Publication of EP2572280A4 publication Critical patent/EP2572280A4/en

Status Ceased legal-status Critical Current

Classifications

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- G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
- G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
- G06F3/00—Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for transferring data from processing unit to output unit, e.g. interface arrangements
- G06F3/06—Digital input from, or digital output to, record carriers, e.g. RAID, emulated record carriers or networked record carriers
- G06F3/0601—Interfaces specially adapted for storage systems
- G06F3/0602—Interfaces specially adapted for storage systems specifically adapted to achieve a particular effect
- G06F3/0614—Improving the reliability of storage systems
- G06F3/0619—Improving the reliability of storage systems in relation to data integrity, e.g. data losses, bit errors
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- G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
- G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
- G06F11/00—Error detection; Error correction; Monitoring
- G06F11/07—Responding to the occurrence of a fault, e.g. fault tolerance
- G06F11/14—Error detection or correction of the data by redundancy in operation
- G06F11/1402—Saving, restoring, recovering or retrying
- G06F11/1446—Point-in-time backing up or restoration of persistent data
- G06F11/1448—Management of the data involved in backup or backup restore
- G06F11/1451—Management of the data involved in backup or backup restore by selection of backup contents
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- G06F11/14—Error detection or correction of the data by redundancy in operation
- G06F11/1402—Saving, restoring, recovering or retrying
- G06F11/1446—Point-in-time backing up or restoration of persistent data
- G06F11/1458—Management of the backup or restore process
- G06F11/1469—Backup restoration techniques
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- G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
- G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
- G06F3/00—Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for transferring data from processing unit to output unit, e.g. interface arrangements
- G06F3/06—Digital input from, or digital output to, record carriers, e.g. RAID, emulated record carriers or networked record carriers
- G06F3/0601—Interfaces specially adapted for storage systems
- G06F3/0628—Interfaces specially adapted for storage systems making use of a particular technique
- G06F3/0646—Horizontal data movement in storage systems, i.e. moving data in between storage devices or systems
- G06F3/065—Replication mechanisms
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- G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
- G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
- G06F3/00—Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for transferring data from processing unit to output unit, e.g. interface arrangements
- G06F3/06—Digital input from, or digital output to, record carriers, e.g. RAID, emulated record carriers or networked record carriers
- G06F3/0601—Interfaces specially adapted for storage systems
- G06F3/0668—Interfaces specially adapted for storage systems adopting a particular infrastructure
- G06F3/0671—In-line storage system
- G06F3/0673—Single storage device
- G—PHYSICS
- G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
- G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
- G06F2201/00—Indexing scheme relating to error detection, to error correction, and to monitoring
- G06F2201/84—Using snapshots, i.e. a logical point-in-time copy of the data

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Quality & Reliability (AREA)
Computer Security & Cryptography (AREA)
Information Retrieval, Db Structures And Fs Structures Therefor (AREA)

EP20110866436 2011-07-01 2011-12-02 System and method for making snapshots of storage devices Ceased EP2572280A4 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
US13/175,251 US9335931B2 (en)	2011-07-01	2011-07-01	System and method for making snapshots of storage devices
US13/215,345 US9026849B2 (en)	2011-08-23	2011-08-23	System and method for providing reliable storage
PCT/CN2011/083351 WO2012167582A1 (en)	2011-07-01	2011-12-02	System and method for making snapshots of storage devices

Publications (2)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP2572280A1 EP2572280A1 (en)	2013-03-27
EP2572280A4 true EP2572280A4 (en)	2013-09-11

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EP11867102.3A Active EP2569921B1 (en)	2011-07-01	2011-12-02	System and method for providing reliable storage
EP20110866436 Ceased EP2572280A4 (en)	2011-07-01	2011-12-02	System and method for making snapshots of storage devices

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CN (2)	CN103814359B (en)
WO (2)	WO2012167582A1 (en)

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- 2011-12-02 EP EP11867102.3A patent/EP2569921B1/en active Active
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WO2012167583A1 (en)	2012-12-13
EP2569921B1 (en)	2017-11-08
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CN103828331B (en)	2017-07-28
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