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Cluster system with calculation and storage converged

  • US 10,481,804 B2
  • Filed: 09/30/2013
  • Issued: 11/19/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system comprising:

  • a first resource server comprising a first calculation resource and a first storage resource, wherein the first storage resource comprises a first persistent disk and a first cache associated with the first persistent disk, wherein the first persistent disk is a hard disk driver (HDD) or a solid state disk (SSD), and wherein the first calculation resource is coupled to the first storage resource through a peripheral component interconnect express (PCIe) interface;

    a second resource server comprising a second calculation resource and a second storage resource, wherein the second storage resource comprises a second persistent disk and a second cache associated with the second persistent disk, and the first and second storage resources together form a storage resource pool comprising physical storage resource blocks, and wherein the second persistent disk is a HDD or a SSD and the second calculation resource is coupled to the second storage resource through another PCIe interface, anda third resource server configured to receive a user request from the first calculation resources or the second calculation resource to create a user volume, and determine physical storage resource blocks to be allocated for the user volume from the physical storage resource blocks of the storage resource pool, wherein the physical storage resource blocks to be allocated for the user volume belong to different persistent disks.

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