MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD OF STORING COMPONENTS IN A DISTRIBUTED SYSTEM

• US 20070088811A1
• Filed: 07/27/2006
• Published: 04/19/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 08/16/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Liu, Gang, Chan, Hoi
• Application Number:
  US11/309,337
• Publication Number:
  US 20070088811A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/223
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1095 Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes

Abstract

An exemplary management system of storing components in a distributed system is disclosed. The management system includes a host node server (40) and at least one minor node server (10), and each minor node server is connected with the host node server via a network (30). Each minor node server is configured for dividing synchronization contents in the distributed system into various initial components according to an attribute-similar principle, and for sending various requests for synchronizing information of the components to the host node server. The host node server is configured for synchronizing corresponding components according to the received requests, providing an attribute list and a location list for describing instinct attributes and locations of each component respectively, and for copying the attribute list and the location list to each minor node server after a predetermined period of time. A related method is also disclosed.

Claims

1. A management system of storing components in a distributed system, the management system comprising:

a host node server and at least one minor node server, the host node server connected with each minor node server via a network, wherein;

each minor node server is configured for dividing synchronization contents in the distributed system into various initial components according to an attribute-similar principle, and for sending various requests for synchronizing information of the components to the host node server; and

the host node server is configured for synchronizing information of the components to actualize the storing management of the components according to the received requests, providing an attribute list and a location list for describing instinct attributes and locations of each component respectively, and for copying the attribute list and the location list to each minor node server after a predetermined period of time.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the requests comprise uploading requests for uploading the initial components from the minor node server to the host node server, and updating the attribute list and the location list in the host node server after uploading the initial components.

3. The system according to claim 1, wherein the requests comprise downloading requests for downloading components from the host node server to the minor node server, and for updating the location list in the host node server after downloading the components.

4. The system according to claim 1, wherein the synchronization requests comprise deleting requests for deleting components from the minor node server, and for updating the location list in the host node server and a copied location list in the minor node server after deleting the components.

5. A management method of storing components in a distributed system, the method comprising the steps of:

providing an attribute list for describing instinct attributes of each component and a location list for

describing locations of each component in a host node server;

copying the attribute list and the location list of the host node server into each minor node server after a predetermined period of time;

dividing synchronization contents in the distributed system into various initial components in the minor node server according to an attribute-similar principle;

providing a request queue in the host node server for receiving synchronization requests sent by the minor node server;

checking whether there is a new synchronization request in the request queue of the host node server;

checking the type of the new synchronization request by performing an automatic scan, if the new synchronization request is in the request queue of the host node server;

uploading the initial components from the minor node server to the host node server, updating attribute data of the components in the attribute list, and updating location information of the components in the location list, if the new synchronization request is an uploading request;

downloading components from the host node server, and updating location information of the downloaded components in the location list, if the new synchronization request is a downloading request; and

deleting components from the minor node server, and updating location information of the deleted components in both the location list in the host node server and a copied location list in the minor node server, if the new synchronization request is a deleting request.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the step of checking whether there is a new synchronization request in the request queue of the host node server further comprising:

ending the procedure, if the new synchronization request is not in the request queue of the host node server.

7. The method according to claim 5, wherein the synchronization requests comprise uploading requests, downloading requests, and deleting requests.

8. A management method of storing components in a distributed system, the method comprising the steps of:

providing an attribute list for describing instinct attributes of each component and a location list for describing locations of each component in a host node server;

generating a copied attribute list in each minor node server by copying the attribute list from the host node server after a predetermined period of time;

generating a copied location list in each minor node server by copying the location list from the host node server after a predetermined period of time;

dividing synchronization contents in the distributed system into various initial components in the minor node server according to an attribute-similar principle;

sending a synchronization request from the minor node server to the host node server;

checking the type of the synchronization request by performing an automatic scan; and

synchronously managing information of the components in both the host node server and the minor node server according to the synchronization request.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein the synchronization request may be an uploading requests, a downloading request, or a deleting request.

10. The method according to claim 8, wherein the step of synchronously managing information of the components further comprises the step of:

uploading the initial components from the minor node server to the host node server, and updating attribute data of the components in the attribute list, and location information of the components in the location list, if the synchronization request is an uploading request.

11. The method according to claim 8, wherein the step of synchronously managing information of the components further comprises the step of:

downloading components from the host node server to the minor node server, and updating location information of the downloaded components in the location list, if the synchronization request is a downloading request.

12. The method according to claim 8, wherein the step of synchronously managing information of the components further comprises the step of:

deleting components from the minor node server, and updating location information of the deleted components in both the location list in the host node server and the copied location list in the minor node server, if the synchronization request is a deleting request.