Concurrent transactional checkpoints in a clustered file system
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1. A method for performing concurrent transactional checkpoints from a plurality of file system agents residing on different nodes within in a clustered file system (CFS) using a processor device, the method comprising:
- assigning to one of the plurality of file system agents responsibility to checkpoint a modified data segment and a committed data segment to a final storage location, wherein the one of the plurality of file system agents assigned is the one of the plurality of file system agents whose associated distributed shared memory (DSM) agent is an owner of a data segment;
including a transaction journal in each node for storing committed transactions generated by users on that node;
scanning a list to identify the location of the latest contents of a data segment prior to the transaction using a rollback procedure;
for each modified data segment, identifying the location of the latest contents prior to the transaction using the rollback procedure by;
if the data segment was marked as modified in the cache at the time it was inserted into the list, then the latest contents of this data segment appears only in the journal,otherwise, if the data segment was not marked as modified in the cache at the time the data segment was inserted into the list, then the latest contents of this data segment appears in its final location in the shared storage; and
recording a type of each data segment in the list during insertion of the data segment into the list, wherein;
all data segments in the list whose latest contents appear in a final location are discarded from the cache,for all the other data segments in the list, latest contents for the all the other data segments are restored from the journal into the cache by scanning the local transaction journal from ending to beginning, and first occurrences of these data segments in the local transaction journal are considered, and a modification indication of the data segments is set as true, and exclusive permissions on all the data segments involved in a cancellation transaction are released.
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Abstract
Systems, Methods, and Computer Program Products are provided for performing concurrent checkpoints from file system agents residing on different nodes within in a clustered file system (CFS). Responsibility to checkpoint a modified and a committed data segment to a final storage location is assigned to one of the file system agents. One of the file system agents, which is assigned, is the file system agent whose associated distributed shared memory (DSM) agent is an owner of the data segment.
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1. A method for performing concurrent transactional checkpoints from a plurality of file system agents residing on different nodes within in a clustered file system (CFS) using a processor device, the method comprising:
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assigning to one of the plurality of file system agents responsibility to checkpoint a modified data segment and a committed data segment to a final storage location, wherein the one of the plurality of file system agents assigned is the one of the plurality of file system agents whose associated distributed shared memory (DSM) agent is an owner of a data segment; including a transaction journal in each node for storing committed transactions generated by users on that node; scanning a list to identify the location of the latest contents of a data segment prior to the transaction using a rollback procedure; for each modified data segment, identifying the location of the latest contents prior to the transaction using the rollback procedure by; if the data segment was marked as modified in the cache at the time it was inserted into the list, then the latest contents of this data segment appears only in the journal, otherwise, if the data segment was not marked as modified in the cache at the time the data segment was inserted into the list, then the latest contents of this data segment appears in its final location in the shared storage; and recording a type of each data segment in the list during insertion of the data segment into the list, wherein; all data segments in the list whose latest contents appear in a final location are discarded from the cache, for all the other data segments in the list, latest contents for the all the other data segments are restored from the journal into the cache by scanning the local transaction journal from ending to beginning, and first occurrences of these data segments in the local transaction journal are considered, and a modification indication of the data segments is set as true, and exclusive permissions on all the data segments involved in a cancellation transaction are released. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system for performing concurrent transactional checkpoints from a plurality of file system agents residing on different nodes within in a clustered file system (CFS), the system comprising:
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a cluster of nodes, the CFS including the cluster of nodes forming a computer cluster, a plurality of distributed shared memory (DSM) agents, wherein each one of the plurality of DSM agents is associated with a node of the cluster of nodes, the plurality of file system agents, wherein each one of the plurality of file system agents is in communication with each one of the plurality of DSM agents, a plurality of storage devices in communication with the CFS, a cache associated with the node, a transaction journal associated with the CFS, and a processor device having a memory coupled to the processor device for controlling the CFS, wherein the processor device is assigned to the node and the node is in communication with the plurality of storage devices, wherein the processor device; assigns to one of the plurality of file system agents responsibility to checkpoint a modified data segment and a committed data segment to a final storage location, wherein the one of the plurality of file system agents assigned is the one of the plurality of file system agents whose associated distributed shared memory (DSM) agent is an owner of a data segment, includes the transaction journal in each node for storing committed transactions generated by users on that node, includes a list to identify the location of the latest contents of a data segment prior to the transaction using a rollback procedure, for each modified data segment, identifying the location of the latest contents prior to the transaction using the rollback procedure by; if the data segment was marked as modified in the cache at the time it was inserted into the list, then the latest contents of this data segment appears only in the journal, otherwise, if the data segment was not marked as modified in the cache at the time the data segment was inserted into the list, then the latest contents of this data segment appears in its final location in the shared storage, and records a type of each data segment in the list during insertion of the data segment into the list, wherein; all data segments in the list whose latest contents appear in a final location are discarded from the cache, for all the other data segments in the list, latest contents for the all the other data segments are restored from the journal into the cache by scanning the local transaction journal from ending to beginning, and first occurrences of these data segments in the local transaction journal are considered, and a modification indication of the data segments is set as true, and exclusive permissions on all the data segments involved in a cancellation transaction are released. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer program product for performing concurrent transactional checkpoints from a plurality of file system agents residing on different nodes within in a clustered file system (CFS) using a processor device, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code portions stored therein, the computer-readable program code portions comprising:
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a first executable portion that assigns to one of the plurality of file system agents responsibility to checkpoint a modified data segment and a committed data segment to a final storage location, wherein the one of the plurality of file system agents assigned is the one of the plurality of file system agents whose associated distributed shared memory (DSM) agent is an owner of a data segment; a second executable portion that includes a transaction journal in each node for storing committed transactions generated by users on that node; a third executable portion that includes a list to identify the location of the latest contents of a data segment prior to the transaction using a rollback procedure; for each modified data segment, a fourth executable portion that identifies the location of the latest contents prior to the transaction using the rollback procedure by; if the data segment was marked as modified in the cache at the time it was inserted into the list, then the latest contents of this data segment appears only in the journal, otherwise, if the data segment was not marked as modified in the cache at the time the data segment was inserted into the list, then the latest contents of this data segment appears in its final location in the shared storage; and a fifth executable portion that records a type of each data segment in the list during insertion of the data segment into the list, where; all data segments in the list whose latest contents appear in a final location are discarded from the cache, for all the other data segments in the list, latest contents for the all the other data segments are restored from the journal into the cache by scanning the local transaction journal from ending to beginning, and first occurrences of these data segments in the local transaction journal are considered, and a modification indication of the data segments is set as true, and exclusive permissions on all the data segments involved in a cancellation transaction are released. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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