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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2020
Emc Ip Holding Company Llc, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Yousheng Liu, Beijing, CN;
Jamin Jianbin Kang, Beijing, CN;
Xinlei Xu, Beijing, CN;
Ruiyong Jia, Beijing, CN;
Jian Gao, Beijing, CN;
Lifeng Yang, Beijing, CN;
EMC IP Holding Company, LLC, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Abstract
A method and a system for delivering a message in a storage system. In one embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method for delivering a message in a storage system comprising a first controller, a second controller, a first communication area and a second communication area. The method comprises: in response to receiving a message that is to be delivered from the first controller to the second controller, writing the message to the first communication area that is readable and writable to the first controller and readable to the second controller; and writing an address identifier to the second communication area, the address identifier being used for indicating an address at which the second controller reads the message from the first communication area, the second communication area being readable to the first controller and readable and writable to the second controller.