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Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2019

Filed:

May. 30, 2014
Applicant:

Hitachi Vantara Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Benjamin Isherwood, Tewksbury, MA (US);

Kevin Canuette Grimaldi, Austin, TX (US);

Assignee:

Hitachi Vantara Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/20 (2006.01); G06F 16/00 (2019.01); G06F 16/27 (2019.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/27 (2019.01); G06F 11/2094 (2013.01); G06F 11/2097 (2013.01); G06F 16/00 (2019.01); H04L 67/1095 (2013.01); H04L 67/1097 (2013.01); H04L 67/28 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and apparatus for metadata favored replication in an active/active topology. When replicating data objects between multiple storage systems, metadata is sent first while the associated data content is sent at a subsequent time. Metadata is stored and made visible on a target storage system thereby reserving the object path in a namespace to reduce collisions in the namespace. After metadata is transferred to the target storage system, the target system performs collision processing to determine if an object already exists in the namespace prior to receiving the transferred metadata. After collision processing is performed, the winning object is made visible for access on the target storage system regardless of whether the associated data content has been transferred to the target system.


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