CLUSTER TYPE STORAGE SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME

• US 20120059989A1
• Filed: 09/06/2010
• Published: 03/08/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/06/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Inventors: Hamaguchi, Masaki
• Granted Patent: US 8,423,713 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 711/114
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/061 Improving I/O performance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0644 Management of space entities, e.g. partitions, extents, pools
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/067 Distributed or networked storage systems, e.g. storage area networks [SAN], network attached storage [NAS]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0683 Plurality of storage devices

Abstract

The present invention can adjust the ratio between a global namespace storage area and a local namespace storage area. Each of the nodes adjusts the ratio between GNS storage areas and LNS storage areas of logical volumes according to the operating condition. When received a LNS-based access request as an access request for storing business affair data from each client, each of the nodes store the business affair data in their own LNS storage areas. When received a GNS-based access request, the node checks the unused capacity of the GNS storage areas of each of the nodes, and transfers the business affair data via a network switch to the node which comprises a logical volume with the largest unused capacity.

Claims

1. A cluster type storage system, comprising:

a plurality of nodes coupled to a plurality of clients via a network; and

a plurality of disk array apparatuses coupled to each of the nodes, and the each of the nodes is coupled to one another via an internal network, and executes data input/output processing with respect to each of the disk array apparatuses based on an access request from any client among the plurality of clients,

wherein the each of the nodes;

comprise a logical volume which is an access target of each of the clients, manage each of the logical volumes in association with a global namespace which is provided to each of the clients as a single namespace common to each of the nodes, and a local namespace provided to each of the clients as a namespace for specifying each of the nodes, and

manage storage areas of each of the logical volumes by dividing these storage areas into global namespace storage areas representing the access destination if the global namespace has been added to the access request, and into local namespace storage areas representing the access destination if the local namespace has been added to the access request, and take the proportion of the capacity occupied by the global namespace storage area against the overall capacity of each of the logical volumes as an adjustment target.

2. The cluster type storage system according to claim 1,

wherein each of the nodes:

determines the unused capacity of the global namespace storage area among the logical volumes of each of the nodes if the global namespace has been added to the access request,

selects its own logical volume as the access destination designated by the access request and accesses the selected logical volume if the unused capacity of its own logical volume is larger than the unused capacity of logical volume of the other node in this determination,

selects the access destination designated by the access request from among the logical volumes belonging to the other node and accesses the selected logical volume via the internal network if the unused capacity of its own logical volume is smaller than the unused capacity of the logical volume of another node in this determination; and

selects its own logical volume as the access destination designated by the access request and accesses the selected logical volume if the local namespace has been added to the access request.

3. The cluster type storage system according to claim 1,

wherein each of the nodes:

determines the unused capacity of the global namespace storage area among the logical volumes of each of the nodes, selects the access destination designated by the access request from among the logical volumes belonging to any of the nodes in accordance with the determination result, and accesses the selected logical volume if the global namespace has been added to the access request, and

selects its own logical volume as the access destination designated by the access request, and accesses the selected logical volume if the local namespace has been added to the access request.

4. The cluster type storage system according to claim 1,

wherein each of the nodes adjusts the proportion of the capacity occupied by the global namespace storage area against the overall capacity of each of the logical volumes according to a load change on its own node.

5. The cluster type storage system according to claim 1,

wherein each of the nodes:

compares a first data-stored capacity in the global namespace storage area in each of the logical volumes with a global namespace capacity threshold which is set for the global namespace storage area, also compares a second data-stored capacity in the local namespace storage area in each of the logical volumes with a local namespace capacity threshold which is set for the local namespace storage area,

increases the proportion of the capacity occupied by the global namespace storage area against the overall capacity of each of the logical volumes on condition that the first data-stored capacity exceeds the global namespace capacity threshold and the second data-stored capacity is smaller than the local namespace capacity threshold, and

reduces the proportion of the capacity occupied by the global namespace storage area against the overall capacity of each of the logical volumes on condition that the first data-stored capacity is smaller than the global namespace capacity threshold and the second data-stored capacity exceeds the local namespace capacity threshold.

6. The cluster type storage system according to claim 1,

wherein each of the nodes:

monitors the first data-stored capacity of the global namespace storage area in each of the logical volumes, the overall capacity of each of the logical volumes, and the proportion of the capacity occupied by the global namespace storage area against the overall capacity of each of the logical volumes,

selects a logical volume with small unused capacity of the global namespace storage area as a migration source volume, also selects a logical volume with large unused capacity of the global of the global namespace storage area as a migration destination volume on condition that there is a disparity in the unused capacity of the global namespace storage area between the nodes based on the monitoring results, and

transfers data in the selected migration source volume to the selected migration destination volume.

11. The method of controlling a cluster type storage system according to claim 1, comprising:

a step whereby each of the nodes compares a first data-stored capacity in the global namespace storage area in each of the logical volumes with a global namespace capacity threshold which is set for the global namespace storage area, and compares a second data-stored capacity in the local namespace storage area in each of the logical volumes with a local namespace capacity threshold which is set for the local namespace storage area;

a step whereby each of the nodes increases the proportion of the capacity occupied by the global namespace storage area against the overall capacity of each of the logical volumes on condition that, based on the comparison results of the above mentioned step, the first data-stored capacity exceeds the global namespace capacity threshold and the second data-stored capacity is smaller than the local namespace capacity threshold; and

a step whereby each of the nodes reduces the proportion of the capacity occupied by the global namespace storage area against the overall capacity of each of the logical volumes on condition that, based on the comparison results of the above mentioned step, the first data-stored capacity is smaller than the global namespace capacity threshold and the second data-stored capacity exceeds the local namespace capacity threshold.

7. A method of controlling a cluster type storage system which comprises a plurality of nodes coupled to a plurality of clients via a network;

and a plurality of disk array apparatuses coupled to each of the nodes, the each of the nodes being coupled to one another via an internal network and data input/output processing being executed with respect to each of the disk array apparatuses based on an access request from any client among the plurality of clients,

the method comprising;

a step whereby each of the nodes manages each of the logical volumes which is an access targets of each of the clients in association with a global namespace which is provided to each of the clients as a single namespace shared by each of the nodes, and a local namespace which is provided to each of the clients as a namespace for specifying each of the nodes, and manages storage areas of each of the logical volumes by dividing the storage areas into a global namespace storage area presenting the access destination if the global namespace has been added to the access request and into a local namespace storage area presenting the access destination if the local namespace has been added to the access request; and

a step whereby which each of the nodes (32, 34) adjusts the proportion of the capacity occupied by the global namespace storage area against the overall capacity of each of the logical volumes.

8. The method of controlling a cluster type storage system according to claim 7, comprising:

a step whereby each of the nodes determines the unused capacity of the global namespace storage area in the logical volumes of each of the nodes if the global namespace has been added to the access request;

a step whereby each of the nodes selects its own logical volume as the access destination designated by the access request if determined that the unused capacity of its own logical volume is larger than the unused capacity of the logical volume of another node in the determination of the above mentioned step;

a step whereby each of the nodes accesses the logical volume selected in the above mentioned step;

a step whereby each of the nodes selects the access destination designated by the access request from among the logical volumes belonging to the other node if determined that the unused capacity of its own logical volume is smaller than the unused capacity of the logical volume of the other node in the determination of the above mentioned step;

a step whereby each of the nodes accesses the logical volume selected via the internal network in the above mentioned step;

a step whereby each of the nodes selects its own logical volume as the access destination designated by the access request if the local namespace has been added to the access request; and

a step whereby each of the nodes accesses the logical volume selected in the above mentioned step.

9. The method of controlling a cluster type storage system according to claim 7, comprising:

a step whereby each of the nodes determines the unused capacity of the global namespace storage area in the logical volumes of each of the nodes if the global namespace has been added to the access request;

a step whereby each of the nodes selects the access destination designated by the access request from among the logical volumes belonging to any of the nodes according to the determination result of the above mentioned step;

a step whereby each of the nodes accesses the logical volume selected in the above mentioned step;

a step whereby each of the nodes selects its own logical volume as the access destination designated by the access request if the local namespace has been added to the access request; and

a step whereby each of the nodes accesses the logical volume selected in the above mentioned step.

10. The method of controlling a cluster type storage system according to claim 7, comprising:

a step whereby each of the nodes adjusts the proportion of the capacity occupied by the global namespace storage area against the overall capacity of each of the logical volumes according to a load change of its own node.

12. A method of controlling a cluster type storage system according to claim 7, comprising:

a step whereby each of the nodes monitors the first data-stored capacity of the global namespace storage area in each of the logical volumes, the overall capacity of each of the logical volumes, and the proportion of the capacity occupied by the global namespace storage area against the overall capacity of each of the logical volumes;

a step whereby each of the nodes selects a logical volume with small unused capacity of the global namespace storage area as a migration source volume, and also selects a logical volume with small unused capacity of the global namespace storage area as a migration destination volume on condition that there is a disparity in the unused capacity of the global namespace storage area between the nodes based on the monitoring results; and

a step whereby each of the nodes migrates data in the migration source volume selected in the above mentioned step to the selected migration destination volume.