Patents by Inventor Liran Zvibel

Liran Zvibel has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Resiliency Schemes for Distributed Storage Systems
    Publication number: 20210248713
    Abstract: A plurality of computing devices are communicatively coupled to each other via a network, and each of the plurality of computing devices is operably coupled to one or more of a plurality of storage devices. A plurality of failure resilient stripes is distributed across the plurality of storage devices such that each of the plurality of failure resilient stripes spans a plurality of the storage devices. A graphics processing unit is operable to access data files from the failure resilient stripes, while bypassing a kernel page cache. Furthermore, these data files may be accessed in parallel by the graphics processing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Maor Ben Dayan, Omri Palmon, Liran Zvibel
  • GPU BASED SERVER IN A DISTRIBUTED FILE SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20210248712
    Abstract: A plurality of computing devices are communicatively coupled to each other via a network, and each of the plurality of computing devices is operably coupled to one or more of a plurality of storage devices. A plurality of failure resilient stripes is distributed across the plurality of storage devices such that each of the plurality of failure resilient stripes spans a plurality of the storage devices. A graphics processing unit is operable to access data files from the failure resilient stripes, while bypassing a kernel page cache. Furthermore, these data files may be accessed in parallel by the graphics processing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Maor Ben Dayan, Omri Palmon, Liran Zvibel
  • Congestion mitigation in a distributed storage system
    Patent number: 11079938
    Abstract: A system comprises a plurality of computing devices that are communicatively coupled via a network and have a file system distributed among them, and comprises one or more file system request buffers residing on one or more of the plurality of computing devices. File system choking management circuitry that resides on one or more of the plurality of computing devices is operable to separately control: a first rate at which a first type of file system requests (e.g., one of data requests, data read requests, data write requests, metadata requests, metadata read requests, and metadata write requests) are fetched from the one or more buffers, and a second rate at which a second type of file system requests (e.g., another of data requests, data read requests, data write requests, metadata requests, metadata read requests, and metadata write requests) are fetched from the one or more buffers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Inventors: Maor Ben Dayan, Omri Palmon, Liran Zvibel, Kanael Arditti, Tomer Filiba
  • GPU based server in a distributed file system
    Patent number: 11074668
    Abstract: A plurality of computing devices are communicatively coupled to each other via a network, and each of the plurality of computing devices is operably coupled to one or more of a plurality of storage devices. A plurality of failure resilient stripes is distributed across the plurality of storage devices such that each of the plurality of failure resilient stripes spans a plurality of the storage devices. A graphics processing unit is operable to access data files from the failure resilient stripes, while bypassing a kernel page cache. Furthermore, these data files may be accessed in parallel by the graphics processing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Inventors: Maor Ben Dayan, Omri Palmon, Liran Zvibel
  • Tiering data strategy for a distributed storage system
    Patent number: 11061622
    Abstract: A plurality of computing devices are communicatively coupled to each other via a network, and each of the plurality of computing devices is operably coupled to one or more of a plurality of storage devices. The storage devices may be assigned to one of a plurality of memory tiers, and the data in a storage device may be reassigned to another storage device in a different memory tier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Inventors: Maor Ben Dayan, Omri Palmon, Liran Zvibel, Kanael Arditti
  • IMPLEMENTING COHERENCY AND PAGE CACHE SUPPORT IN A DISTRIBUTED WAY FOR FILES
    Publication number: 20210208786
    Abstract: A plurality of computing devices are communicatively coupled to each other via a network, and each of the plurality of computing devices is operably coupled to one or more of a plurality of storage devices. The computing devices may use local caches in a coherent manner when accessing the plurality of storage devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Maor Ben Dayan, Omri Palmon, Liran Zvibel, Kanael Arditti, Artemy Voikhansky, Alex Goltman
  • STORAGE SYSTEM SPANNING MULTIPLE FAILURE DOMAINS
    Publication number: 20210200638
    Abstract: A plurality of failure domains are communicatively coupled to each other via a network, and each of the plurality of failure domains is coupled to one or more storage devices. A failure resilient stripe is distributed across the plurality of storage devices, such that two or more blocks of the failure resilient stripe are located in each failure domain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Maor Ben Dayan, Omri Palmon, Liran Zvibel, Kanael Arditti
  • Encryption for a distributed filesystem
    Patent number: 11042661
    Abstract: A computing device comprising a frontend and a backend is operably coupled to a plurality of storage devices. The backend comprises a plurality of buckets. Each bucket is operable to build a failure-protected stripe that spans two or more of the plurality of the storage devices. The frontend is operable to encrypt data as it enters the plurality of storage devices and decrypt data as it leaves the plurality of storage devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Inventors: Maor Ben Dayan, Omri Palmon, Liran Zvibel, Kanael Arditti, Ori Peleg
  • Implementing coherency and page cache support for a storage system spread across multiple data centers
    Patent number: 11023178
    Abstract: A plurality of computing devices are communicatively coupled to each other via a network, and each of the plurality of computing devices is operably coupled to one or more of a plurality of storage devices. The computing devices may use local caches and storing snapshots in a coherent manner when accessing the plurality of storage devices spread across multiple data centers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Inventors: Maor Ben Dayan, Omri Palmon, Liran Zvibel, Kanael Arditti
  • Management of file system requests in a distributed storage system
    Patent number: 11016664
    Abstract: A first computing device is part of a distributed electronic storage system (DESS) that also comprises one or more second computing devices. The first computing device comprises client process circuitry and DESS interface circuitry. The DESS interface circuitry is operable to: receive, from client process circuitry of the first computing device, a first client file system request that requires accessing a storage resource on one or more of the second computing devices; determine resources required for servicing of the first client file system request; generate a plurality of DESS file system requests for the first file system request; and transmit the plurality of DESS file system requests onto the one or more network links. How many such DESS file system requests are generated is determined based on the resources required for servicing the first client file system request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Inventors: Maor Ben Dayan, Omri Palmon, Liran Zvibel, Kanael Arditti, Tomer Filiba
  • Quality of Service Management in a Distributed Storage System
    Publication number: 20210141534
    Abstract: One or more computing devices may comprise congestion management circuitry, one or more client file system request buffers, and DESS interface circuitry. The congestion management circuitry is operable to determine an amount of congestion in the DESS. The one or more client file system request buffers is/are operable to queue first client file system requests of a first priority level and second client file system requests of a second priority level, wherein the first priority level is higher priority than the second priority level. The DESS interface circuitry is operable to control a rate at which the first file system requests and second file system requests are fetched from the one or more client file system request buffers based on the amount of congestion in the DESS, on the first priority level, and on the second priority level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Maor Ben Dayan, Omri Palmon, Liran Zvibel, Kanael Arditti, Tomer Filiba
  • Efficient Networking for a Distributed Storage System
    Publication number: 20210141686
    Abstract: A plurality of computing devices are communicatively coupled to each other via a network, and each of the plurality of computing devices is operably coupled to one or more of a plurality of storage devices. Data communication is made more efficient by removing the need to copy data in the networking stack, using hardware accelerated end-to-end checksum calculation, and supporting transmission formatting of data and header for special cases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Maor Ben Dayan, Omri Palmon, Liran Zvibel, Tomer Filiba
  • Implementing coherency and page cache support in a distributed way for files
    Patent number: 10976966
    Abstract: A plurality of computing devices are communicatively coupled to each other via a network, and each of the plurality of computing devices is operably coupled to one or more of a plurality of storage devices. The computing devices may use local caches in a coherent manner when accessing the plurality of storage devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Inventors: Maor Ben Dayan, Omri Palmon, Liran Zvibel, Kanael Arditti, Artemy Voikhansky, Alex Goltman
  • Storage system spanning multiple failure domains
    Patent number: 10942807
    Abstract: A plurality of failure domains are communicatively coupled to each other via a network, and each of the plurality of failure domains is coupled to one or more storage devices. A failure resilient stripe is distributed across the plurality of storage devices, such that two or more blocks of the failure resilient stripe are located in each failure domain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Inventors: Maor Ben Dayan, Omri Palmon, Liran Zvibel, Kanael Arditti
  • Efficient networking for a distributed storage system
    Patent number: 10936405
    Abstract: A plurality of computing devices are communicatively coupled to each other via a network, and each of the plurality of computing devices is operably coupled to one or more of a plurality of storage devices. Data communication is made more efficient by removing the need to copy data in the networking stack, using hardware accelerated end-to-end checksum calculation, and supporting transmission formatting of data and header for special cases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Inventors: Maor Ben Dayan, Omri Palmon, Liran Zvibel, Tomer Filiba
  • Quality of service management in a distributed storage system
    Patent number: 10929021
    Abstract: One or more computing devices may comprise congestion management circuitry, one or more client file system request buffers, and DESS interface circuitry. The congestion management circuitry is operable to determine an amount of congestion in the DESS. The one or more client file system request buffers is/are operable to queue first client file system requests of a first priority level and second client file system requests of a second priority level, wherein the first priority level is higher priority than the second priority level. The DESS interface circuitry is operable to control a rate at which the first file system requests and second file system requests are fetched from the one or more client file system request buffers based on the amount of congestion in the DESS, on the first priority level, and on the second priority level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Inventors: Maor Ben Dayan, Omri Palmon, Liran Zvibel, Kanael Arditti, Tomer Filiba
  • FLASH REGISTRY WITH WRITE LEVELING
    Publication number: 20200379686
    Abstract: A plurality of computing devices are communicatively coupled to each other via a network, and each of the plurality of computing devices is operably coupled to one or more of a plurality of storage devices. A plurality of failure resilient address spaces are distributed across the plurality of storage devices such that each of the plurality of failure resilient address spaces spans a plurality of the storage devices. Each computing device is operable to maintain a two-level registry that records changes in the memory. When data is read from memory, recent changes to the data may be applied according to one or more corresponding registry blocks. Thus, the two-level registry enables the plurality of computing devices to postpone and/or consolidate writes to memory (e.g., non-volatile flash drives).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Maor Ben Dayan, Omri Palmon, Liran Zvibel, Kanael Arditti
  • Flash registry with write leveling
    Patent number: 10684799
    Abstract: A plurality of computing devices are communicatively coupled to each other via a network, and each of the plurality of computing devices is operably coupled to one or more of a plurality of storage devices. A plurality of failure resilient address spaces are distributed across the plurality of storage devices such that each of the plurality of failure resilient address spaces spans a plurality of the storage devices. Each computing device is operable to maintain a two-level registry that records changes in the memory. When data is read from memory, recent changes to the data may be applied according to one or more corresponding registry blocks. Thus, the two-level registry enables the plurality of computing devices to postpone and/or consolidate writes to memory (e.g., non-volatile flash drives).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Weka.IO Ltd.
    Inventors: Maor Ben Dayan, Omri Palmon, Liran Zvibel, Kanael Arditti
  • METADATA CONTROL IN A LOAD-BALANCED DISTRIBUTED STORAGE SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20200159699
    Abstract: A plurality of computing devices are communicatively coupled to each other via a network, and each of the plurality of computing devices is operably coupled to one or more of a plurality of storage devices. A plurality of failure resilient address spaces are distributed across the plurality of storage devices such that each of the plurality of failure resilient address spaces spans a plurality of the storage devices. The plurality of computing devices maintains metadata that maps each failure resilient address space to one of the plurality of computing devices. The metadata is grouped into buckets. Each bucket is stored in a group of computing devices. However, only the leader of the group is able to directly access a particular bucket at any given time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Maor Ben Dayan, Omri Palmon, Liran Zvibel
  • Congestion Mitigation in a Distributed Storage System
    Publication number: 20200125267
    Abstract: A system comprises a plurality of computing devices that are communicatively coupled via a network and have a file system distributed among them, and comprises one or more file system request buffers residing on one or more of the plurality of computing devices. File system choking management circuitry that resides on one or more of the plurality of computing devices is operable to separately control: a first rate at which a first type of file system requests (e.g., one of data requests, data read requests, data write requests, metadata requests, metadata read requests, and metadata write requests) are fetched from the one or more buffers, and a second rate at which a second type of file system requests (e.g., another of data requests, data read requests, data write requests, metadata requests, metadata read requests, and metadata write requests) are fetched from the one or more buffers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Maor Ben Dayan, Omri Palmon, Liran Zvibel, Kanael Arditti, Tomer Filiba