Distributing lookup operations in a striped storage system

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7996607
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12020949

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The present invention provides a mechanism for storing and accessing attributes of a data container (e.g., characteristics such as a name of a data container used to perform a lookup operation against the data container) in cache memory within storage systems in a cluster of storage systems. Further, a mechanism is provided so that an attribute of a data container is inserted into a cache memory of preferably one storage system (in the cluster) that caches metadata of the data container (e.g., information describing the data container). As a result, a lookup operation for a data container is directed to and served by the storage system that caches the metadata and the attribute of the data container.

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  • NETAPP, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Jernigan,, IV Richard P Sewickley, US 39 1384
Thoppai, Omprakaash Wexford, US 11 88

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