Method, system and computer program product for implementing copy-on-write of a file
First Claim
1. A method of implementing a copy-on-write in a computing environment, comprising:
- (i) employing a first mapping table to perform a first virtual block to physical block mapping for use in reading a block of data of a file from physical storage for modification; and
(ii) employing a second mapping table to perform a second virtual block to physical block mapping for use in writing a modified block of the data of the file to physical storage, wherein copy-on-write of the block of data is achieved using a single write operation.
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Abstract
Various copy-on-write implementations for a computing environment are presented. One copy-on-write implementation includes employing a read mapping table to perform a first virtual block to physical block mapping for use in reading a block of data of a file to be copy-on-written from physical storage for modification; and employing a different, write mapping table to perform a second virtual block to physical block mapping for use in writing a modified block of the file data to physical storage, wherein copy-on-write of the block of data is achieved using a single write operation. In another implementation, a distributed copy-on-write of a file for a client server environment is presented. This distributed copy-on-write includes performing, by a first client, copy-on-write of at least one block of data of the file to be copy-on-written, and performing, by a second client, copy-on-write of at least one other block of data of the file, wherein multiple clients perform the copy-on-write of the file.
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55 Claims
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1. A method of implementing a copy-on-write in a computing environment, comprising:
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(i) employing a first mapping table to perform a first virtual block to physical block mapping for use in reading a block of data of a file from physical storage for modification; and
(ii) employing a second mapping table to perform a second virtual block to physical block mapping for use in writing a modified block of the data of the file to physical storage, wherein copy-on-write of the block of data is achieved using a single write operation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of facilitating a copy-on-write in a client server computing environment, comprising:
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maintaining at a filesystem server of the client server computing environment a read mapping table and a write mapping table for a file; and
wherein the read mapping table is usable to perform a first virtual block to physical block mapping for use in reading a block of data of the file from physical storage for modification, and the write mapping table is usable to perform a second virtual block to physical block mapping for use in writing a modified block of the data of the file to physical storage, wherein using the read mapping table and the write mapping table, copy-on-write of a block of data is achievable using a single write operation. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11)
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12. A method of implementing a copy-on-write of a file within a client server environment having a plurality of clients, said method comprising:
performing a copy-on-write of a file using multiple clients of the client server environment, said performing comprising;
(i) performing, by a first client of the multiple clients, copy-on-write of at least one block of data of the file; and
(ii) performing, by a second client of the multiple clients, copy-on-write of at least one other block of data of the file. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of facilitating a copy-on-write of a file within a client server environment, said method comprising:
controlling, from a filesystem server, implementation of a copy-on-write for a file stored in a shared storage unit of the client server environment, said controlling comprising allowing a first client of the client server environment to copy-on-write a portion of data in the file and allowing a second client of the client server environment to copy-on-write a different portion of the data in the file, wherein the filesystem server controls and facilitates performance of a distributed copy-on-write for the file. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A system for implementing a copy-on-write in a computing environment, said system comprising:
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(i) means for employing a first mapping table to perform a first virtual block to physical block mapping for use in reading a block of data of a file from physical storage for modification; and
(ii) means for employing a second mapping table to perform a second virtual block to physical block mapping for use in writing a modified block of the data of the file to physical storage, wherein copy-on-write of the block of data is achieved using a single write operation. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A system for facilitating a copy-on-write in a client server computer environment, said system comprising:
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means for maintaining at a filesystem server of the client server computing environment, a read mapping table and a write mapping table for a file; and
wherein the read mapping table is usable to perform a first virtual block to physical block mapping for use in reading a block of data of the file from a physical storage for modification, and the write mapping table is usable to perform a second virtual block to physical block mapping for use in writing a modified block of the data of the file to physical storage, wherein using the read mapping table and the write mapping table, copy-on-write of a block of data is achievable using a single write operation. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33)
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34. A system of implementing a copy-on-write of a file within a client server environment having a plurality of clients, said system comprising:
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(i) means for performing, at a first client of the client server environment, copy-on-write of at least one block of data of the file to be copy-on-written; and
(ii) means for performing, at a second client of the client server environment, copy-on-write of at least one other block of data of the file to be copy-on-written, wherein different portions of the copy-on-write of the file are performed by different clients of the plurality of clients in the client server environment. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. A system of facilitating a copy-on-write of a file within a client server environment, said system comprising:
means for controlling, from the filesystem server, implementation of a copy-on-write for a file stored in a shared storage unit of the client server environment, said means for controlling comprising means for allowing a first client of the client server environment to copy-on-write a portion of data in the file, and for allowing a second client of the client server environment to copy-on-write a different portion of the data in the file, wherein the filesystem server controls and facilitates performance of a distributed copy-on-write for the file. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43, 44)
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45. An article of manufacture, comprising:
at least one computer usable medium having computer readable program code logic to implement a copy-on-write in a computing environment, the computer readable program code logic comprising;
(i) logic to employ a first mapping table to perform a first virtual block to physical block mapping for use in reading a block of data of a file from physical storage for modification; and
(ii) logic to employ a second mapping table to perform a second virtual block to physical block mapping for use in writing a modified block of the data of the file to physical storage, wherein copy-on-write of the block of data is achieved using a single write operation. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48)
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49. An article of manufacture, comprising:
at least one computer usable medium having computer readable program code logic to facilitate a copy-on-write in a client server computing environment, the computer readable program code logic comprising;
logic to maintain at a filesystem server of the client server computing environment a read mapping table and a write mapping table for a file, wherein the read mapping table is usable to perform a first virtual block to physical block mapping for use in reading a block of data of the file from a physical storage for modification, and the write mapping table is usable to perform a second virtual block to physical block mapping for use in writing a modified block of the data of the file to physical storage, wherein using the read mapping table and the write mapping table, copy-on-write of a block of data is achievable using a single write operation.
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50. An article of manufacture, comprising:
at least one computer usable medium having computer readable program code logic to implement a copy-on-write of a file within a client server environment having a plurality of clients, the computer readable program code logic comprising;
logic to perform a copy-on-write of a file using multiple clients of the client server environment, said logic to perform comprising;
(i) logic to perform, by a first client of the multiple clients, copy-on-write of at least one block of data of the file; and
(ii) logic to perform, by a second client of the multiple clients, copy-on-write of at least one other block of data of the file. - View Dependent Claims (51, 52)
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53. An article of manufacture, comprising:
at least one computer usable medium having computer readable program code logic to facilitate a copy-on-write of a file within a client server environment, the computer readable program code logic comprising;
logic to control, from a filesystem server, implementation of a copy-on-write for a file stored in a shared storage unit of the client server environment, said logic to control comprising logic to allow a first client of the client server environment to copy-on-write a portion of data in the file and logic to allow a second client of the client server environment to copy-on-write a different portion of the data in the file, wherein the filesystem server controls and facilitates performance of a distributed copy-on-write for the file. - View Dependent Claims (54, 55)
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