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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2006
Filed:
May. 06, 2003
Kacper Nowicki, Warsaw, PL;
Olaf W. Manczak, Hayward, CA (US);
Luis Ramos, Glendale, CA (US);
Waheed Qureshi, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Kacper Nowicki, Warsaw, PL;
Olaf W. Manczak, Hayward, CA (US);
Luis Ramos, Glendale, CA (US);
Waheed Qureshi, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Agami Systems, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a metadata management system (MDS) may include partitioned migratable metadata. Metadata may be stored in multiple metadata partitions (-to-). Each metadata partition may be assigned to a particular system resource (-to-). According to predetermined policies, such as metadata aging, metadata stored in one metadata partition may be migrated to a different metadata partition. A forwarding object can be placed in the old metadata partition to indicate the new location of the migrated metadata. Metadata partitions (-to-) may be reassigned to different resources, split and/or merged allowing a high degree of scalability, as well as flexibility in meeting storage system needs.