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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2008
Richard P. Jernigan, Iv, Sewickley, PA (US);
Robert Wyckoff Hyer, Jr., Mars, PA (US);
John R. Boyles, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Richard P. Jernigan, IV, Sewickley, PA (US);
Robert Wyckoff Hyer, Jr., Mars, PA (US);
John R. Boyles, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
NetApp, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
The disclosed embodiments are directed to improving the efficiency of guaranteeing data consistency to clients, such as for one or more objects stored on a plurality of volumes configured as a Striped Volume Set. In particular, the disclosed embodiments optimize requests from clients which span multiple Data Volumes and which require strong serialization. The disclosed embodiments provide a 'viral ticket book' model that provides lower latency while improving compatibility with client protocols.