Method and system for metadata-based resilvering

• US 8,938,594 B2
• Filed: 04/19/2006
• Issued: 01/20/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/04/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sun Microsystems Incorporated (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Oracle America, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Moore, William H., Bonwick, Jeffrey S., Ahrens, Matthew A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Dudek, Jr., Edward
• Assistant Examiner(s): CHRZANOWSKI, MATTHEW R
• Application Number:
  US11/407,719
• Publication Number:
  US 20070106866A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,198 Days
• Field of Search: 711/162
• US Class Current: 711/162
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/2082 Data synchronisation

Abstract

A method for resilvering a storage pool includes determining whether any of a first plurality of blocks in the storage pool, comprising metadata, require resilvering, determining whether any of a second plurality of blocks in the storage pool, comprising data, require resilvering, resilvering all of the first plurality of blocks that require resilvering, and resilvering all of the second plurality of blocks that require resilvering, wherein all of the first plurality of blocks that require resilvering are resilvered prior to resilvering any of the second plurality of blocks.

Claims

1. A method for resilvering a storage pool, comprising:

determining whether any of a first plurality of blocks in the storage pool, comprising metadata, require resilvering, wherein resilvering comprises synchronizing unsynchronized data on mirrored disks in the storage pool;

determining whether any of a second plurality of blocks in the storage pool, comprising data, require resilvering;

resilvering all of the first plurality of blocks that require resilvering; and

resilvering all of the second plurality of blocks that require resilvering, wherein all of the first plurality of blocks that require resilvering are resilvered prior to resilvering any of the second plurality of blocks,

wherein the first plurality of blocks comprises;

a root block;

a third plurality of blocks comprising global file system metadata, wherein the root block references a block in the third plurality of blocks and wherein the global file system metadata comprises metadata for a plurality of file systems; and

a fourth plurality of blocks comprising file system metadata, wherein a block in the third plurality of blocks references a block in the fourth plurality of blocks, wherein the file system metadata is associated with one of the plurality of file systems, and wherein unsynchronized global file system metadata in the third plurality of blocks is resilvered prior to unsynchronized file system metadata in the fourth plurality of blocks, and

wherein the second plurality of blocks comprises;

a plurality of file root blocks, each file root block of the plurality of file root blocks being for a single file in the one of the plurality of file systems, wherein each file root block is referenced by a block in the fourth plurality of blocks,

a fifth plurality of blocks comprising file metadata for the corresponding single file, wherein each of the fifth plurality of blocks is referenced by one of the plurality of file root blocks, and

a sixth plurality of blocks comprising data for the corresponding single file, wherein a block in the fifth plurality of blocks references a block in the sixth plurality of blocks, and wherein unsynchronized file metadata in the fifth plurality of blocks is resilvered prior to unsynchronized file system data in the sixth plurality of blocks.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the root block is resilvered prior to resilvering any of the third plurality of blocks and the fourth plurality of blocks.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein all of the third plurality of blocks that require resilvering are resilvered prior to resilvering any of the fourth plurality of blocks.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein resilvering all of the first plurality of blocks that require resilvering comprises using a dirty time log (DTL), wherein the DTL comprises a birth time corresponding to a transaction group associated with an input/output (I/O) request to store a block in the first plurality of blocks.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the DTL is associated with a first disk in the storage pool, and wherein resilvering a block in the first plurality of blocks comprises updating the block using data from a second disk in the storage pool.

6. A system, comprising:

a storage pool;

a first plurality of blocks in the storage pool, comprising metadata;

a second plurality of blocks in the storage pool, comprising data; and

a file system configured to;

determine whether any of the first plurality of blocks require resilvering, wherein resilvering comprises synchronizing unsynchronized data on mirrored disks in the storage pool;

determine whether any of the second plurality of blocks require resilvering;

resilver all of the first plurality of blocks that require resilvering; and

resilver all of the second plurality of blocks that require resilvering, wherein all of the first plurality of blocks that require resilvering are resilvered prior to resilvering any of the second plurality of blocks,

wherein the first plurality of blocks comprises;

a root block;

a third plurality of blocks comprising global file system metadata, wherein the root block references a block in the third plurality of blocks and wherein the global file system metadata comprises metadata for a plurality of file systems; and

a fourth plurality of blocks comprising file system metadata, wherein a block in the third plurality of blocks references a block in the fourth plurality of blocks, wherein the file system metadata is associated with one of the plurality of file systems, and wherein unsynchronized global file system metadata in the third plurality of blocks is resilvered prior to unsynchronized file system metadata in the fourth plurality of blocks, and

wherein the second plurality of blocks comprises;

a plurality of file root blocks, each file root block of the plurality of file root blocks being for a single file in the one of the plurality of file systems, wherein each file root block is referenced by a block in the fourth plurality of blocks,

a fifth plurality of blocks comprising file metadata for the corresponding single file, wherein each of the fifth plurality of blocks is referenced by one of the plurality of file root blocks, and

a sixth plurality of blocks comprising data for the corresponding single file, wherein a block in the fifth plurality of blocks references a block in the sixth plurality of blocks, and wherein unsynchronized file metadata in the fifth plurality of blocks is resilvered prior to unsynchronized file system data in the sixth plurality of blocks.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the file system resilvers the root block prior to resilvering any of the third plurality of blocks and the fourth plurality of blocks.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the file system resilvers all of the third plurality of blocks that require resilvering prior to resilvering any of the fourth plurality of blocks.

9. The system of claim 6, further comprising:

a dirty time log (DTL), wherein the file system resilvers all of the first plurality of blocks that require resilvering using the DTL, wherein the DTL is configured to store a birth time corresponding to a transaction group associated with an input/output (I/O) request to store a block in the first plurality of blocks.

10. The system of claim 9, further comprising:

a first disk in the storage pool, associated with the DTL and configured to store the first plurality of blocks; and

a second disk in the storage pool, wherein resilvering a block in the first plurality of blocks comprises updating the block using data from the second disk.

11. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising executable instructions for resilvering a storage pool by:

determining whether any of a first plurality of blocks in the storage pool, comprising metadata, require resilvering, wherein resilvering comprises synchronizing unsynchronized data on mirrored disks in the storage pool;

determining whether any of a second plurality of blocks in the storage pool, comprising data,

require resilvering;

resilvering all of the first plurality of blocks that require resilvering; and

resilvering all of the second plurality of blocks that require resilvering, wherein all of the

first plurality of blocks that require resilvering are resilvered prior to resilvering any of the second plurality of blocks;

wherein the first plurality of blocks comprises;

a root block;

a third plurality of blocks comprising global file system metadata, wherein the root block references a block in the third plurality of blocks and wherein the global file system metadata comprises metadata for a plurality of file systems; and

a fourth plurality of blocks comprising file system metadata, wherein a block in the third plurality of blocks references a block in the fourth plurality of blocks, wherein the file system metadata is associated with one of the plurality of file systems, and wherein unsynchronized global file system metadata in the third plurality of blocks is resilvered prior to unsynchronized file system metadata in the fourth plurality of blocks, and

wherein the second plurality of blocks comprises;

a plurality of file root blocks, each file root block of the plurality of file root blocks being for a single file in the one of the plurality of file systems, wherein each file root block is referenced by a block in the fourth plurality of blocks,

a fifth plurality of blocks comprising file metadata for the corresponding single file, wherein each of the fifth plurality of blocks is referenced by one of the plurality of file root blocks, and

a sixth plurality of blocks comprising data for the corresponding single file, wherein a block in the fifth plurality of blocks references a block in the sixth plurality of blocks, and wherein unsynchronized file metadata in the fifth plurality of blocks is resilvered prior to unsynchronized file system data in the sixth plurality of blocks.

12. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11, wherein the root block is resilvered prior to resilvering any of the third plurality of blocks and the fourth plurality of blocks.

13. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 12, wherein all of the third plurality of blocks that require resilvering are resilvered prior to resilvering any of the fourth plurality of blocks.

14. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11, wherein resilvering all of the first plurality of blocks that require resilvering comprises using a dirty time log (DTL), wherein the DTL is associated with a first disk in the storage pool, and wherein resilvering a block in the first plurality of blocks comprises updating the block using data from a second disk in the storage pool.

15. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 14, wherein the DTL is associated with a first disk in the storage pool, and wherein resilvering a block in the first plurality of blocks comprises updating the block using data from a second disk in the storage pool.