CLOUD STORAGE AND METHOD FOR MANAGING THE SAME

• US 20120150930A1
• Filed: 11/04/2011
• Published: 06/14/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/10/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: Kim, Hong Yeon, Kim, Young Kyun, Namgoong, Han, JIN, Ki Sung
• Application Number:
  US13/289,276
• Publication Number:
  US 20120150930A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/827
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1402 Saving, restoring, recovering or retrying
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1435 using file system or storage system metadata
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/1827 Management specifically adapted to NAS management of storage area networks [SAN] G06F3/067
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0611 in relation to response time
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0643 Management of files
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0647 Migration mechanisms
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/067 Distributed or networked storage systems, e.g. storage area networks [SAN], network attached storage [NAS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1097 for distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/133 Protocols for remote procedure calls [RPC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

Disclosed is a cloud storage managing a plurality of files, including: a plurality of metadata servers managing a plurality of metadata associated with the plurality of files; a plurality of data servers managing the data of the plurality of files; and a cluster management server managing the plurality of metadata servers and the plurality of data servers.

Claims

1. A cloud storage managing a plurality of files, comprising:

a plurality of metadata servers managing a plurality of metadata associated with the plurality of files;

a plurality of data servers managing the data of the plurality of files; and

a cluster management server managing the plurality of metadata servers and the plurality of data servers.

2. The cloud storage managing a plurality of files of claim 1, further comprising at least one client performing an access to any file among the plurality of files.

3. The cloud storage managing a plurality of files of claim 2, wherein the client mount-connects with the cluster management server and then, performs the access to the plurality of metadata servers or the access to the plurality of data servers.

4. The cloud storage managing a plurality of files of claim 1, wherein the metadata includes at least one of a file name, a file size, an owner, a file generation time, and positional information of a block in the data server.

5. The cloud storage managing a plurality of files of claim 1, wherein the plurality of metadata servers migrates the specific volume from the metadata server including the specific volume to other metadata servers included in the plurality of metadata servers when a ratio of a metadata storage space between the plurality of metadata servers is changed or user workload is concentrated on the specific volume.

6. The cloud storage managing a plurality of files of claim 1, wherein the plurality of metadata servers performs a predefined failure restoration process based on a file system restoration instruction transmitted from the cluster management server.

7. The cloud storage managing a plurality of files of claim 1, wherein the plurality of metadata servers performs an additional function of a new metadata server or a removal function of the existing metadata server.

8. The cloud storage managing a plurality of files of claim 1, wherein the cluster management server includes:

a metadata server controller managing information on the plurality of metadata servers;

a volume controller managing the plurality of volumes associated with the plurality of metadata servers; and

a data server controller managing information on the plurality of data servers.

9. The cloud storage managing a plurality of files of claim 8, wherein the metadata server controller manages at least one state information of a host name, an IP, a CPU model name, CPU usage, a total memory size, memory usage, network usage, and disk usage of each of the plurality of metadata servers.

10. The cloud storage managing a plurality of files of claim 8, wherein the volume controller manages at least one state information of a volume name, a quarter allocated to the volume, volume usage, and workload information accessing the volume of each of the plurality of metadata servers.

11. The cloud storage managing a plurality of files of claim 8, wherein the data server controller manages at least one state information of a host name, an IP, a CPU model name, CPU usage, disk usage, and network usage of each of the plurality of data servers.

12. The cloud storage managing a plurality of files of claim 1, wherein the cluster management server informs the generated event contents through a predetermined e-mail or a short message service of a user when a predetermined event occurs.

13. The cloud storage managing a plurality of files of claim 12, wherein the predetermined event includes at least one of an event indicating when the CPU usage of the data server is excessive, an event indicating when the network usage of the data server is excessive, an event indicating when the disk of the data server is full, an event indicating when the data server starts, an event indicating when the data server stops, an event indicating when the data server does not respond, an event indicating when the CPU usage of the metadata server is excessive, an event indicating when the network usage of the metadata server is excessive, an event indicating when the metadata server starts, an event indicating when the metadata server stops, an event indicating when the metadata server does not respond, and an event indicating when the volume storage space is full.

14. The cloud storage managing a plurality of files of claim 2, wherein the cluster management server includes a remote procedure calling with any one of the plurality of metadata servers, the plurality of data servers, and the at least one client.

15. The cloud storage managing a plurality of files of claim 14, wherein the remote procedure includes at least one of a network call instruction requesting the start of the metadata server, a network call instruction requesting the stop of the metadata server, a network call instruction requesting the addition of a new volume in the metadata server, a network call instruction requesting the removal of the existing volume in the metadata server, a network call instruction monitoring the metadata server information, a network call instruction requesting the start of the data server, a network call instruction requesting the stop of the data server, a network call instruction monitoring the data server information, an network call instruction mounting the file system, and a network call instruction releasing the file system.

16. A method for managing a cloud storage including a plurality of metadata servers managing a plurality of metadata associated with a plurality of files, a plurality of data servers managing the data of the plurality of files, and a cluster management server managing the plurality of metadata servers and the plurality of data servers, the method comprising:

transmitting a specific volume to any second metadata server included in the plurality of metadata servers by any first metadata server included in the plurality of metadata servers when a ratio of a metadata storage space between each of the plurality of metadata servers is changed or user workload is concentrated on the specific volume of the first metadata server;

storing the received volume in a repository included in the second metadata server;

transmitting the information on the volume migration of the first metadata server and the information on the volume generation of the second metadata server to the cluster management server; and

updating the volume list included in the cluster management server based on the transmitted information on the volume migration of the first metadata server and the transmitted information on the volume generation of the second metadata server.

17. A method for managing a cloud storage including a plurality of metadata servers managing a plurality of metadata associated with a plurality of files, a plurality of data servers managing the data of the plurality of files, and a cluster management server managing the plurality of metadata servers and the plurality of data servers, the method comprising:

initializing a new metadata server to be newly added;

driving a metadata server demon of the new metadata server and requesting the registration of the new metadata server to the cluster management server; and

generating at least one volume storing the metadata from the new metadata server and requesting the registration of the at least one generated volume to the cluster management server.