METHOD, DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR DATA PROCESSING

• US 20200133493A1
• Filed: 09/25/2019
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Emc IP Holding Company LLC (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Emc IP Holding Company LLC (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Inventors: Gao, Jian, Gong, Shaoqin, Yang, Lifeng, Xu, Xinlei, Li, Xiongcheng
• Granted Patent: US 11,216,198 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0611 in relation to response time
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0617 in relation to availability
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0631 by allocating resources to storage systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/064 Management of blocks
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0646 Horizontal data movement in storage systems, i.e. moving data in between storage devices or systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0689 Disk arrays, e.g. RAID, JBOD

Abstract

A technique involves: in response to receiving a first request for adjusting a first width of a disk array to a second width, obtaining, based on source identification information of a source stripe group in the disk array in the first request, source block identification information of a source block associated with the source stripe group. The technique further involves: determining destination identification information of a destination stripe group associated with the second width for storing data. The technique further involves: storing, based on the source identification information and the destination identification information, source data and metadata for the source data from the source block into a destination block of the destination stripe group, the metadata including node identification information for accessing nodes of the source block. The technique further involves: adjusting the node to access the destination block based on the node identification information.

Claims

1. A method of data processing, comprising:

in response to receiving a first request for adjusting a first width of a disk array to a second width, obtaining, based on source identification information of a source stripe group in the disk array in the first request, source block identification information of a source block associated with the source stripe group;

determining destination identification information of a destination stripe group associated with the second width for storing data;

storing, based on the source block identification information and the destination identification information, source data and metadata for the source data from the source block into a destination block of the destination stripe group, the metadata including node identification information for accessing nodes of the source block; and

adjusting the node to access the destination block based on the node identification information.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein determining destination identification information of a destination stripe group associated with the second width for storing data comprises:

sending to the disk array a second request for obtaining the destination stripe group; and

receiving, from the disk array, the destination identification information of the destination stripe group determined based on the second request.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein storing source data and metadata for the source data from the source block into a destination block of the destination stripe group comprises:

obtaining, from the disk array, the source data and the metadata associated with the source block based on the source block identification information; and

storing, based on the destination identification information, the source data and the metadata into the destination block in the destination stripe group.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein adjusting the node to access the destination block comprises:

determining the node based on the node identification information; and

modifying the source block identification information of the source block in the node to destination block identification information of the destination block.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

in response to an Input/Output (I/O) request hitting the source data in the source block being processed, queuing the I/O request.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

in response to an adjustment for a width of the source stripe group being completed, sending the destination identification information to the disk array to replace the source identification information in a mapping related to the source stripe group.

7. An electronic device for data processing, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory having computer program instructions stored thereon, the processor executing the computer program instructions in the memory to control the electronic device to perform acts including;

in response to receiving a first request for adjusting a first width of a disk array to a second width, obtaining, based on source identification information of a source stripe group in the disk array in the first request, source block identification information of a source block associated with the source stripe group;

determining destination identification information of a destination stripe group associated with the second width for storing data;

storing, based on the source block identification information and the destination identification information, source data and metadata for the source data from the source block into a destination block of the destination stripe group, the metadata including node identification information for accessing nodes of the source block; and

adjusting the node to access the destination block based on the node identification information.

8. The electronic device of claim 7, wherein determining destination identification information of a destination stripe group associated with the second width for storing data comprises:

sending to the disk array a second request for obtaining the destination stripe group; and

receiving, from the disk array, the destination identification information of the destination stripe group determined based on the second request.

9. The electronic device of claim 7, wherein storing source data and metadata for the source data from the source block into a destination block of the destination stripe group comprises:

obtaining, from the disk array, the source data and the metadata associated with the source block based on the source block identification information; and

storing, based on the destination identification information, the source data and the metadata into the destination block in the destination stripe group.

10. The electronic device of claim 7, wherein adjusting the node to access the destination block comprises:

determining the node based on the node identification information; and

modifying the source block identification information of the source block in the node to destination block identification information of the destination block.

11. The electronic device of claim 7, wherein the acts further comprise:

in response to an Input/Output (I/O) request hitting the source data in the source block being processed, queuing the I/O request.

12. The electronic device of claim 7, wherein the acts further comprise:

in response to an adjustment for a width of the source stripe group being completed, sending the destination identification information to the disk array to replace the source identification information in a mapping related to the source stripe group.

13. A computer program product having a non-transitory computer readable medium which stores a set of instructions to perform data processing;

the set of instructions, when carried out by computerized circuitry, causing the computerized circuitry to perform a method of;

in response to receiving a first request for adjusting a first width of a disk array to a second width, obtaining, based on source identification information of a source stripe group in the disk array in the first request, source block identification information of a source block associated with the source stripe group;

determining destination identification information of a destination stripe group associated with the second width for storing data;

storing, based on the source block identification information and the destination identification information, source data and metadata for the source data from the source block into a destination block of the destination stripe group, the metadata including node identification information for accessing nodes of the source block; and

adjusting the node to access the destination block based on the node identification information.