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Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2024

Filed:

Oct. 26, 2021
Applicant:

Emc Ip Holding Company Llc, Hopkinton, MA (US);

Inventors:

Joseph Yuan Gu, Beijing, CN;

Tianfang Xiong, Shanghai, CN;

Qi Qu, Shanghai, CN;

Weibing Zhang, Beijing, CN;

Lei Gao, Beijing, CN;

Wai C. Yim, Merrimack, NH (US);

Chen Gong, Beijing, CN;

Assignee:

EMC IP Holding Company LLC, Hopkinton, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/00 (2006.01); G06F 16/16 (2019.01); G06F 16/172 (2019.01); G06F 16/18 (2019.01); G06F 16/182 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/1844 (2019.01); G06F 16/164 (2019.01); G06F 16/172 (2019.01); G06F 16/1805 (2019.01);
Abstract

A method of performing synchronous replication from a primary storage system apparatus (PSSA) to a secondary storage system apparatus (SSSA) is provided. The method includes (a) in response to write requests received by the PSSA, (i) calculating metadata changes by the PSSA for accommodating the write requests, (ii) generating, by the PSSA, metadata journal log entries that describe the metadata changes, and (iii) mirroring the metadata journal log entries from the PSSA to the SSSA; (b) regenerating the metadata changes by the SSSA based on the metadata journal log entries mirrored from the PSSA to the SSSA; and (c) writing the regenerated metadata changes to persistent storage of the SSSA. A method performed by the SSSA is also provided. An apparatus, system, and computer program product for performing similar methods are also provided.


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