Data processing method for storing data and restoration information and data processing system

• US 9,529,549 B2
• Filed: 12/19/2013
• Issued: 12/27/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Otomo, Toshiya, Yamashita, Koichiro, Odate, Naoki, Suzuki, Takahisa, Yamauchi, Hiromasa, Kurihara, Koji
• Primary Examiner(s): Chery, Mardochee
• Application Number:
  US14/134,675
• Publication Number:
  US 20140108758A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,104 Days
• Field of Search: 711/162
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1464 for networked environments
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1469 Backup restoration techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/2035 without idle spare hardware
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/2043 where the redundant components share a common memory address space
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/2097 maintaining the standby controller/processing unit updated initialisation or re-synchronisation thereof G06F11/1658 and subgroups
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0604 Improving or facilitating administration, e.g. storage management
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/061 Improving I/O performance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0614 Improving the reliability of storage systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/065 Replication mechanisms
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0683 Plurality of storage devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0685 Hybrid storage combining heterogeneous device types, e.g. hierarchical storage, hybrid arrays
• 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]

Abstract

A data processing method that is executed by a first data processing apparatus included among plural data processing apparatuses, includes producing a copy of data, and restoration information that includes a first address of memory to which the copy of the data is stored; transmitting any one among the data and the copy of the data to a second data processing apparatus that is included among the data processing apparatuses; and storing the restoration information to shared memory that is memory of at least one data processing apparatus among the data processing apparatuses, and shared among the data processing apparatuses.

Claims

1. A data processing method executed by a first data processing apparatus among a plurality of data processing apparatuses, the data processing method comprising:

producing a copy of data, and restoration information that includes a first address of memory to which the copy of the data is stored;

storing the copy of the data to a memory of the first data processing apparatus when a writing destination of the data is a memory other than the memory of the first data processing apparatus and transmitting the data to a second data processing apparatus among the plurality of data processing apparatuses;

storing the copy of the data in a memory of the second data processing apparatus selected from among the plurality of data processing apparatuses based on communication speeds thereof when the writing destination of the data is the memory of the first data processing apparatus; and

storing the restoration information to a shared memory that is memory of at least one data processing apparatus among the plurality of data processing apparatuses, and shared among the plurality of data processing apparatuses,

wherein the restoration information further includes;

a first identifier of the data processing apparatus comprising the memory that stores the copy of the data;

a second identifier of the data processing apparatus comprising the memory that stores the data; and

an address of the data stored in the memory.

2. The data processing method according to claim 1, further comprising

storing the data to the memory of the first data processing apparatus.

3. The data processing method according to claim 1, further comprising

storing the copy of the data to the memory of the first data processing apparatus, when the transmitting includes transmitting the data.

4. The data processing method according to claim 1,

the data processing method further comprises updating an address of other restoration information to an address of the restoration information, when the second identifier, of the data processing apparatus comprising the memory that stores the data, in the restoration information matches an identifier in the other restoration information stored in the shared memory.

5. The data processing method according to claim 1, further comprising

reading the copy of the data based on the restoration information stored in the shared memory, when an error occurs in reading the data.

6. The data processing method according to claim 1, further comprising

measuring the communication speeds between the first data processing apparatus and each of the plurality of data processing apparatuses other than the first data processing apparatus.

7. A data processing system comprising

a processor configured to function as:

a control unit that functions in a first data processing apparatus among a plurality of data processing apparatuses, and produces a copy of data based on memory access information;

a communicating unit that performs, based on the memory access information,

storing the copy of the data to a memory of the first data processing apparatus when a writing destination of the data is a memory other than the memory of the first data processing apparatus and transmitting the data to a second data processing apparatus among the plurality of data processing apparatuses; and

storing the copy of the data in a memory of the second data processing apparatus selected from among the plurality of data processing apparatuses based on communication speeds thereof when the writing destination of the data is the memory of the first data processing apparatus; and

a restoring unit that produces restoration information that includes an address of memory that stores the copy of the data, and stores the restoration information to a shared memory shared among the plurality of data processing apparatuses,

wherein the restoration information further includes;

a first identifier of the data processing apparatus comprising the memory that stores the copy of the data;

a second identifier of the data processing apparatus comprising the memory that stores the data; and

an address of the data stored in the memory.

8. The data processing system according to claim 7, wherein

the processor is further configured to function as a communication speed monitoring unit that acquires a communication speed of respective data processing apparatuses.

9. The data processing system according to claim 7, wherein

the communicating unit acquires the address from the second data processing apparatus and transmits the acquired address to the restoring unit.

10. The data processing system according to claim 7, wherein

the communicating unit transmits the copy of the data to the second data processing apparatus when the memory of the first data processing apparatus is accessed, and stores the copy of the data to the memory of the first data processing apparatus when memory of a data processing apparatus other than the first data processing apparatus is accessed.

11. The data processing system according to claim 7,

the restoration unit updates an address of other restoration information to an address of the restoration information, when the second identifier, of the data processing apparatus comprising the memory that stores the data, in the restoration information matches an identifier in the other restoration information stored in the shared memory.

12. The data processing system according to claim 7, wherein

the communicating unit, when the copy of the data is transmitted, selects the second data processing apparatus from among the data processing apparatuses, based on communication speed.

13. The data processing system according to claim 7, wherein

the communicating unit measures the communication speeds between the first data processing apparatus and each of the plurality of data processing apparatuses other than the first data processing apparatus.