Huawei Technologies Co., Limited

Future Wei Technologies, Inc.

Can Chen

Chunyi Tan

Xiaochu Li

Yu Hu

Jinshui Liu

Ming Ju Chen

Huawei Liu

Qiming Xu

Wei Li

Wei Dong Chen

Wei Zhang

Song Yang

Na Wang

Yongyao Li

Haitao Guo

Jiang Zhu

Mark Allan Kampe

Yinzhong Tang

Yimin Yao

Hongguang Liu

Hao Chen

Sicong Li

Zhaojiao Han

Ming Chen

Jianye Yao

Hongdong Zhang

Dahong Yan

Lv Chen

Bowei Yu

Hongcai Cheng

Changjun He

Linan Zhou

Juntao Yang

Fanlu Jiang

In one example method, a client device sends a first packet to a first storage device, to request that target data can be written into the first storage device, where the first packet includes a logical address into which the target data needs to be written. A front-end network adapter of the first storage device has a capability of parsing the first packet, and can process the first packet. The front-end network adapter of the first storage device writes the target data into the first storage device based on an indication of the first packet. The front-end network adapter of the first storage device generates metadata, and records a correspondence between the logical address of the target data and the metadata, where the metadata can indicate a physical address at which the target data is stored in the first storage device.

Data access system and method, device, and network adapter

A data storage method includes that a first device generates N check units for M data units, where M and N are both positive integers, and M+N=K. The first device stores the K units in K hard disk modules in the storage system, where the K units include the M data units and the N check units. Each of the K hard disk modules stores one of the K units. Each hard disk module includes an interface module and a hard disk, and the interface module communicates with the hard disk.

Fault tolerant storage in a distributed storage system

A redundant data calculation method and apparatus. The method is applied to the redundant data calculation apparatus including a processor and a redundant data calculation unit. In the method, after obtaining to-be-processed data, the processor stores the to-be-processed data in cache space of the redundant data calculation unit. The redundant data calculation unit obtains the to-be-processed data from the cache space and performs calculation for checking the to-be-processed data to obtain redundant data corresponding to the to-be-processed data.

Redundant data calculation method and apparatus

A chip module has a plurality of first ports, at least some or all of the first ports are first selection ports, and each first selection port may act as a write port or a read port. The chip module further includes a first control module. The first control module controls, based on a transmit/receive requirement of the chip module, the first selection port to be switched to a read port or a write port, to match the transmit/receive requirement of the chip module. The first selection port may selectively act as a read port or a write port, so that switching can be performed based on an operating state of the chip module, increasing a read/write bandwidth. The first control module controls an operating state of the first selection port, to flexibly adjust a quantity of read ports and a quantity of write ports of the chip module.

Chip module, communication system, and port allocation method

An electronic device with parallel backplanes and a storage device with parallel backplanes. The electronic device includes a front inserting assembly, a rear inserting assembly, and a backplane assembly. The backplane assembly is connected to the front inserting assembly and the rear inserting assembly. The backplane assembly includes a plurality of backplanes arranged in parallel at intervals, the front inserting assembly includes a plurality of first units whose arrangement direction is the same as an arrangement direction of the backplanes, and the rear inserting assembly includes a plurality of second units whose arrangement direction intersects the arrangement direction of the backplanes. The backplane assembly is provided with the structure including the plurality of backplanes arranged in parallel at intervals and the channel between adjacent backplanes. In addition, the first units and the second units are connected to two opposite sides of the backplanes, respectively.

Electronic device with parallel backplanes and storage device with parallel backplanes

A method for implementing storage service continuity in a storage system includes a front-end interface detecting a status of a first storage controller. The storage system includes the front-end interface card and a plurality of storage controllers. The front-end interface card communicates with the storage controllers, and the front-end interface card communicates with a host. When the first storage controller is in an abnormal state, the front-end interface card selects a second storage controller from the storage controllers for the host to process an access request of the host.

Method for implementing storage service continuity in storage system, front-end interface card, and storage system

A data storage method, a computing device, and a storage system determine, from S stripes, chunks written in one batch, wherein a quantity of chunks that are in the chunks written in one batch and that belong to a same stripe is less than or equal to N, where each of the S stripes comprises (M+N) chunks, where the (M+N) chunks comprise M data chunks and N parity chunks, and where S, M, and N are positive integers, and in turn write the chunks written in one batch to M+N storage devices.

Data storage method and apparatus, computing device, storage system, and storage medium

A first storage node communicates with at least one second storage node. A physical disk included in the at least one second storage node is mapped as a virtual disk of the first storage node. The method may include: receiving a first write request, where the first write request carries first to-be-written data; striping the first to-be-written data to obtain striped data, and writing the striped data to a physical disk and/or the virtual disk of the first storage node; and recording a write location of the striped data. For example, the technical solution may be applied to a storage system that includes an NVMe SSD.

Physical disk and virtual disk mapping in storage systems

A storage system comprises a storage drive that has a physical connector A and a physical connector B for connecting to the first control device and second control device, respectively. The physical connector A and physical connector B are independent access ports. The first control device is configured to access the storage drive through the physical connector A, and the second control device is configured to access the storage drive through the physical connector B.

Storage system and method for switching working mode of storage system

A data processing system and method, and a corresponding apparatus, where the data processing system includes a controller and at least two storage nodes. The controller is configured to receive, using a first coupling between the controller and a host, an operation request received from the host, where the operation request includes an identity of target data and an operation type, determine at least one target storage node from the at least two storage nodes according to the identity of the target data, and send an instruction message to the at least one target storage node using a second coupling to the at least one target storage node, where the at least one target storage node is configured to send the target data to the host or obtain the target data from the host according to the instruction message.

Method, apparatus, and data processing system including controller to manage storage nodes and host operations

A storage system comprises a host, a first control device, a second control device, and a storage drive that has a physical connector A and a physical connector B for connecting to the first control device and second control device, respectively. When the storage drive is configured to operate in first working mode, it provides a shared storage space to be accessed by both the first control device and the second control device. When the storage drive is configured to operate in a second working mode, it provides a first storage space for access by the first control device and a second storage space for access by the second control device.

A system and method for cross-controller data storage operations comprises interconnecting a responding storage controller and an owning storage controller with a direct memory access (DMA) capable fabric, the responding storage controller and the owning storage controller each comprising an interface from a data bus connected to the DMA capable fabric, configuring and implementing a shared DMA address space in accordance with the DMA capable fabric, the shared DMA address space including memory on the responding storage controller and the owning storage controller, the shared DMA address space being one of a symmetric or asymmetric address space, and exposing one or more local buffers of the responding storage controller and one or more local buffers of the owning storage controller through the shared DMA address space.

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