Storage system, control method of storage system, server apparatus, and control method of server apparatus

• US 10,275,316 B2
• Filed: 08/27/2014
• Issued: 04/30/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 08/27/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Inventors: Hota, Hiromu, Takata, Masanori, Arai, Hitoshi, Iwasaki, Masaaki
• Primary Examiner(s): Aspinwall, Evan
• Application Number:
  US15/122,787
• Publication Number:
  US 20170068600A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,707 Days
• Field of Search: 707615
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1448 Management of the data involved in backup or backup restore
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1451 by selection of backup contents
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1464 for networked environments
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1474 in transactions G06F16/20 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/178 Techniques for file synchronisation in file systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/182 Distributed file systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2201/80 Database-specific techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2201/805 Real-time

Abstract

A file on file storage is archived as an object on object storage. In this case, a correspondence between UUID which is an identifier of the object and a path or an inode number which is an identifier of the file is recorded. This is referred to as correlation between the file and the object. However, because of changing of the path due to the renaming of the file, or changing of the inode number due to overwriting of the file, the correlation is likely to be lost. The invention provides a technique that restores the lost correlation and causes the correlation between the file and the object to be maintained.

Claims

1. A storage system including a first storage apparatus and a second storage apparatus, in which the first storage apparatus is disposed in a client site, and the second storage is disposed in a data center, and in which the storage system archives a file including both of meta data and substantial data from the first storage apparatus to the second storage apparatus through a network, deletes the substantial data from the first storage apparatus, copies the substantial data from the second storage apparatus to the first storage apparatus in case of receiving an I/O for the file, restores the file in the first storage apparatus, and executes the I/O to the restored file,

wherein the first storage apparatus identifies the file with a path, and further identifies the file with an inode number,

the second storage apparatus identifies the file with a URL,

the first storage apparatus manages a correspondence relationship between the path and the inode number and a correspondence relationship between the inode number and the URL,

the second storage apparatus manages a correspondence relationship between the path and the URL,

if the path which manages the file is changed, the storage system specifies the URL corresponding to the changed path on the basis of the correspondence relationship between the path and the inode number and the correspondence relationship between the inode number and the URL, and correlates the changed path with the URL which is specified on the basis of the correspondence relationship between the path and the inode number and the correspondence relationship between the inode number and the URL, in the correspondence relationship between the path and the URL to resultantly update the correspondence relationship between the path and the URL, and

if the inode number which manages the file is changed, the storage system specifies the URL corresponding to the changed inode number on the basis of the correspondence relationship between the path and the inode number and the correspondence relationship between the path and the URL, and correlates the changed inode number with the URL which is specified on the basis of the correspondence relationship between the path and the inode number and the correspondence relationship between the path and the URL, in the correspondence relationship between the inode number and the URL to thereby update the correspondence relationship between the inode number and the URL.

2. The storage system according to claim 1, wherein the second storage apparatus further manages a version of the file with a version identifier, and combines the URL with the version identifier to identify one version of the file,

the storage system transmits a version list of the file to the client, and restores the version of the file which is selected for the client from the transmitted version list of the file from the second storage apparatus to the first storage apparatus.

3. The storage system according to claim 1, wherein the first storage apparatus transmits the path which manages the file, to the second storage apparatus, and specifies the inode number corresponding to the path on the basis of the correspondence relationship between the path and the inode number,

if the URL corresponding to the path which is transmitted from the first storage apparatus corresponds to the path in the correspondence relationship between the path and the URL, the second storage apparatus transmits the URL to the first storage apparatus,

if the specified inode number and the URL correspond to each other in the correspondence relationship between the inode number and the URL, and if the URL is not received from the second storage apparatus, the first storage apparatus transmits the path and the URL to the second storage apparatus,

the second storage apparatus correlates the path and the URL with each other which are transmitted from the second storage apparatus in the correspondence relationship between the path and the URL, and thereby updates the correspondence relationship between the path and the URL, and

if the URL corresponding to the specified inode number does not correspond to the specified inode number in the correspondence relationship between the inode number and the URL, and if the URL is received from the second storage apparatus, the second storage apparatus correlates the specified inode number with the received URL in the correspondence relationship between the inode number and the URL, and thereby updates in the correspondence relationship between the inode number and the URL.

4. The storage system according to claim 1, wherein the storage system performs updating the correspondence relationship between the path and the URL and the correspondence relationship between the inode number and the URL, upon taking an opportunity of executing the archive.

5. A server apparatus that is connected to a first storage apparatus and a second storage apparatus, wherein the first storage apparatus identifies a file with a first identifier, further identifies the file with a second identifier and archives the file in the second storage apparatus, and the second storage apparatus identifies the file with a third identifier, and manages a first correspondence relationship between the first identifier and the third identifier,

the server apparatus manages a third correspondence relationship between the first identifier and the second identifier and a second correspondence relationship between the second identifier and the third identifier,

if the first identifier which manages the file is changed, the server apparatus specifies the third identifier corresponding to the changed first identifier on the basis of the third correspondence relationship and the second correspondence relationship, transmits the specified third identifier and the changed first identifier to the second storage apparatus, and instructs to update the first correspondence relationship, and

if the second identifier which manages the file is changed, the server apparatus correlates the third identifier with the changed second identifier in the second correspondence relationship and thereby updates the second correspondence relationship, the third identifier corresponding to the changed second identifier and being specified on the basis of the third correspondence relationship and the first correspondence relationship,

wherein the first identifier is a path, and the second identifier is an inode number, and the third identifier is UUID or URL.

6. The server apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the server apparatus transmits the first identifier identifying the file to the second storage apparatus, and requests to the second storage apparatus the third identifier corresponding to the first identifier in the first correspondence relationship,

the server apparatus specifies the second identifier on the basis of the third correspondence relationship, the second identifier corresponding to the first identifier which identifies the file,

if the specified second identifier and the third identifier correspond to each other in the second correspondence relationship, and if the third identifier is not responded from the second storage apparatus, the server apparatus transmits the first identifier and the third identifier to the second storage apparatus, and thereby instructs to update the first correspondence relationship, and

if the specified second identifier and the third identifier do not correspond to each other in the second correspondence relationship, and if the third identifier is responded from the second storage apparatus, the server apparatus correlates the specified second identifier with the third identifier responded from the second storage apparatus in the second correspondence relationship and thereby updates the second correspondence relationship.

7. The server apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the server apparatus performs transmitting the first identifier and the third identifier to the second storage apparatus and updating the second correspondence relationship, upon taking an opportunity of executing the archive.

8. The server apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the second storage apparatus further manages a version of the file with a fourth identifier, and combines the third identifier with the fourth identifier to specify one version of the file.

9. A control method of a storage system which includes a first storage apparatus and a second storage apparatus, and archives a file from the first storage apparatus to the second storage apparatus, the method comprising:

by the first storage apparatus, identifying the file with a first identifier, and further identifying the file with a second identifier;

by the second storage apparatus, identifying the file with a third identifier;

managing a first correspondence relationship between the first identifier and the third identifier, a second correspondence relationship between the second identifier and the third identifier, and a third correspondence relationship between the first identifier and the second identifier;

if the first identifier which manages the file is changed, specifying the third identifier corresponding to the changed first identifier on the basis of the third correspondence relationship and the second correspondence relationship, and correlating the changed first identifier with the third identifier which is specified on the basis of the third correspondence relationship and the second correspondence relationship, in the first correspondence relationship, thereby updating the first correspondence relationship; and

if the second identifier which manages the file is changed, specifying the third identifier corresponding to the changed second identifier on the basis of the third correspondence relationship and the first correspondence relationship, and correlating the changed second identifier with the third identifier which is specified on the basis of the third correspondence relationship and the first correspondence relationship, in the second correspondence relationship, thereby updating the second correspondence relationship,

wherein the first identifier is a path, and the second identifier is an inode number, and the third identifier is UUID or URL.

10. The control method of a storage system according to claim 9, wherein the first storage apparatus manages the second correspondence relationship and the third correspondence relationship, and the second storage apparatus manages the first correspondence relationship.

11. The control method of a storage system according to claim 10, further comprising:

transmitting the first identifier which manages the file, from the first storage apparatus to the second storage apparatus, and specifying the second identifier corresponding to the first identifier on the basis of the third correspondence relationship;

if the third identifier corresponding to the first identifier which is transmitted from the first storage apparatus corresponds to the first identifier in the first correspondence relationship, transmitting the third identifier from the second storage apparatus to the first storage apparatus;

if the specified second identifier and the third identifier correspond to each other in the second correspondence relationship, and if the first storage apparatus does not receive the third identifier from the second storage apparatus, transmitting the first identifier and the third identifier from the first storage apparatus to the second storage apparatus;

correlating the first identifier and the third identifier with each other which are transmitted from the first storage apparatus in the first correspondence relationship, and thereby updating the first correspondence relationship; and

if the third identifier corresponding to the specified second identifier does not correspond to the second identifier in the second correspondence relationship, and if the first storage apparatus receives the third identifier from the second storage apparatus, the second storage apparatus associates the received third identifier with the first identifier in the second correspondence relationship, thereby updating the second correspondence relationship.

12. The control method of a storage system according to claim 9, further comprising updating the first correspondence relationship and the second correspondence relationship, upon taking an opportunity of executing the archive.

13. The control method of a storage system according to claim 9, wherein the second storage apparatus further manages a version of the file with a fourth identifier, and combines the third identifier with the fourth identifier to identify one version of the file.