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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2019
Memverge, Inc, San Jose, CA (US);
Jiajie Sun, Shanghai, CN;
Kunwu Huang, Shanghai, CN;
Yuanjie Wu, Shanghai, CN;
Ning Xu, Shanghai, CN;
Yue Li, Fremont, CA (US);
Jie Yu, Shanghai, CN;
Robert W Beauchamp, Berlin, MA (US);
MEMVERGE, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is an apparatus and method for a naming service in a distributed memory object system. In one embodiment, a name service method includes electing a primary node for the master key value store from a plurality of name service nodes, the primary node to receive master key value requests, a master key value store containing an entry for each directory within the distributed memory object, wherein the master key value store is configured for associating a directory pathname to a uniform unique identifier, and replicating the master key value store across the plurality of name service nodes. In another embodiment, a name service computing device includes a primary node for the master key value store, wherein the primary node is selected from a plurality of name service nodes and is configured to receive master key value requests, a master key value store containing an entry for each directory within the distributed memory object, wherein the master key value store is configured to associate a directory pathname to a uniform unique identifier, and the system further being in communication with the plurality of name service nodes, wherein the master key value store is replicated across the plurality of name service nodes.