Yadro International Ltd.

Alexey Sigaev

Ivan Tchoub

Artem Ikoev

Mikhail Malygin

Maxim S Trusov

Nikita Gutsalov

Andrey Fomin

Ivan Andreyev

Alexander Fedorov

Vladimir Prikhodko

Boris Vasilievich Popov

Ivan Sutyrin

Sergey Kojushev

Anton Smolensky

There is provided a data storage system comprising a power supply module, a plurality of serially connected storage enclosures, where a first storage enclosure of the plurality of serially connected storage enclosures is connected to the power supply module, and a power management module connected to the power supply module. A given storage enclosure includes at least one disk storage. The power management module is configured to selectively cause the power supply module to provide electric power to activate the first storage enclosure. The power management module is further configured to selectively cause the power supply module to provide electric power to activate a second storage enclosure, where the second storage enclosure is connected downstream from the first storage enclosure, and the second storage enclosure is configured to selectively receive power from the power supply module in response to the first storage enclosure being active.

Data storage system power management

There is provided a method for executing disk operations in a data storage system (DSS) including a power supply connected to a plurality of serially connected storage enclosures, and a power management module, where each storage enclosure includes at least one disk storage. Each logical partition of plurality of logical partitions is hosted on respective sets of disk storages corresponding to protection groups. The DSS causes activation of a set of protection groups, and authorizes a subset of protection groups to accept execution of disk operations. Disk operations are received and executed by the subset. In response to determining that an operation parameter of a given protection group of the subset is equal to a predetermined threshold, a remaining protection group of the set of protection groups is added to the subset, and a new protection group is activated and added to the set of protection groups.

Method of and data storage system for executing disk operations

A data storage system, including a host server having storage processors, a PCIe fabric, and a GBE fabric, and two or more data storage modules having a bank of DRAM, long-term storage drives, a host interface, including a PCIe interface and a GBE interface, an application specific integrated circuit connected to the host interface, the storage drives, and the DRAM, and a battery, the battery providing power to the DRAM and SSDs in an event of failure of a main power supply. Data streams transmitted from the host server via a PCIe connection of the PCIe fabric are received at the host interface and placed directly in DRAM as a write-back cache operation. In addition, the battery provides the DRAM with non-volatile memory capabilities and the storage modules with portability. A method for arbitration of write requests between the storage processors of the data storage system is also disclosed.

Arbitration control system and method for storage systems

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Alexey Sigaev