International Business Machines Corporation

Assaf Yaari

Orit Nissan-Messing

Jonathan Amit

Chaim Koifman

Sergey Marenkov

Ehood Garmiza

Jonathan Fischer-Toubol

Lior Shlomov

Ron S Shapiro

Methods, computing systems and computer program products implement embodiments of the present invention that include configuring multiple storage system resources to manage a storage entity distributed among the storage system resources. Upon receiving, by a first given storage system resource from a host computer, an I/O request for data in the storage entity, a second given storage system resource responsible for managing the storage entity data referenced in the I/O request is identified, and the I/O request is forwarded to the second given storage system resource. Upon receiving the forwarded I/O request, the second given storage system resource performs a data compression operation while processing the I/O request, and conveys a result of the I/O operation to the first given storage system resource. Upon receiving the result from the second given storage system resource, the first given storage system resource forwards the result to the host computer.

Data compression for grid-oriented storage systems

Various embodiments for data compression by a processor. Levels of data distribution are configured for data processing, including a first level of the data distribution incorporating a GRID network of data storage nodes, and a second level of the data distribution incorporating a GRID network of compressive nodes in communication with the GRID network of data storage nodes. Input/output (I/O) for an associated storage volume is load balanced between the data storage nodes, as data passes through the first level into the second level to be compressed or uncompressed.

Three dimensional grid compression storage

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