Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computer system for identifying, by a computing device, a number of extents needed for a create snapshot operation to create a snapshot. The number of extents may be added to an in-memory cache. The number of extents needed for the create snapshot operation may be allocated from the in-memory cache to execute the create snapshot operation. Freed extents may be added to the in-memory cache based upon, at least in part, executing a delete snapshot operation to delete the snapshot.

Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computing system for sensing a failure within a system within a computing device. The system may include a cache memory system and a vaulted memory comprising a random access memory (RAM) having a plurality of independent persistent areas. A primary node and secondary node may be provided. The primary node may occupy a first independent persistent area of the RAM of the vaulted memory. The secondary node may occupy a second independent persistent area of the RAM of the vaulted memory. Data within the vaulted memory may be written to a persistent media using an iterator. The data may include at least one dirty page. Writing data within the vaulted memory to the persistent media may include flushing the at least one dirty page to the persistent media.

Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computer system for receiving, by a computing device, a Write-Same operation from a host for a range of logical block addresses of a destination. Data may be recorded in a buffer to indicate that the Write-Same operation is complete prior to completing the Write-Same operation. An acknowledgment may be sent to the host that the Write-Same operation is complete prior to flushing to a final destination. The Write-Same operation for the logical block addresses of the destination may be performed after sending the acknowledgment to the host that the Write-Same operation is complete.

Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computing system for receiving data for storage in a storage system. The data may be written to a head entry of a log buffer, wherein the log buffer includes a plurality of data entries for flushing to the storage system. At least a portion of the plurality of data entries of the log buffer may be flushed, via a plurality of threads, to the storage system based upon, at least in part, a tail entry of the log buffer. A queue of committed data entries may be updated, via each thread of the plurality of threads, with one or more data entries of the log buffer flushed to the storage system by each thread. A new tail entry of the log buffer may be determined, via a thread of the plurality of threads, based upon, at least in part, the queue of committed data entries.

Abstract: A technique for scheduling access to a resource arranges tasks into multiple classes, where each class has a respective share and a respective priority. The share of a class sets an amount of access allocated to the class, and the priority sets an order in which the class can use its share, with higher priority classes getting access before lower-priority classes. The technique assigns latency-critical tasks, such as synchronous I/O tasks, to a first class having the highest priority and assigns bandwidth-critical tasks, such as background I/O processing, to a second class having a lower priority.

Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computer system for obtaining, by a computing device, one or more pages from a log to complete a write transaction. Parity of a line in a multi-line physical layer block may be calculated. The one or more pages may be written to the line in the multi-line physical layer block. The parity to the line may be written in the multi-line physical layer block. A bitmap associated with the physical layer block may be updated based upon, at least in part, writing the one or more pages and the parity to the line in the multi-line physical layer block.

Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computer system for identifying, by a computing device, a number of extents needed for a create snapshot operation to create a snapshot. The number of extents may be added to an in-memory cache. The number of extents needed for the create snapshot operation may be allocated from the in-memory cache to execute the create snapshot operation. Freed extents may be added to the in-memory cache based upon, at least in part, executing a delete snapshot operation to delete the snapshot.

Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computer system for receiving, by a computing device, a plurality of IO requests. A portion of the plurality of IO requests may be aggregated based upon a block size. The portion of the plurality of IO requests may be committed to persistent storage in a batch based upon, at least in part, aggregating the portion of the plurality of IO requests based upon the block size.

Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computer system for receiving, by a computing device, a snapshot create operation of a volume to create a first snapshot. Existing dirty data of the volume for the first snapshot may be flushed from an in-memory cache. New writes to the volume for the first snapshot may be maintained in the in-memory cache as dirty. A snapshot create operation to the volume may be received to create a second snapshot. The new writes to the volume for the first snapshot may be combined as part of the second snapshot.

Abstract: In at least one embodiment, processing can include receiving a metadata (MD) structure including MD pages; and performing a MD split operation with respect to a first of the MD pages, wherein said performing the MD split operation includes: generating a first ALI (abstract logical index) representing a new MD page that is unallocated and is a child of the first MD page; and storing an entry in a bucket of an in-memory MD log for the first ALI, wherein the entry denotes a mapping between the first ALI and a corresponding LI (logical index), wherein the entry indicates that the corresponding LI associated with the first ALI is invalid since the first ALI represents a new MD page which is unallocated and not associated with physical storage; and destaging the in-memory MD log, wherein said destaging includes allocating first physical storage for the new MD page.

Abstract: In at least one embodiment, processing can include receiving a metadata (MD) structure including MD pages; and performing a MD split operation with respect to a first of the MD pages, wherein said performing the MD split operation includes: generating a first ALI (abstract logical index) representing a new MD page that is unallocated and is a child of the first MD page; and storing an entry in a bucket of an in-memory MD log for the first ALI, wherein the entry denotes a mapping between the first ALI and a corresponding LI (logical index), wherein the entry indicates that the corresponding LI associated with the first ALI is invalid since the first ALI represents a new MD page which is unallocated and not associated with physical storage; and destaging the in-memory MD log, wherein said destaging includes allocating first physical storage for the new MD page.

Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computer system for extending, by a computing device, transaction log page-buffers for Non-Volatile Random Access Memory (NVRAM) onto a solid state drive (SSD). It may be determined whether a bandwidth limit of the NVRAM has reached a threshold bandwidth. An IO may be processed on one of the NVRAM and the SSD based upon, at least in part, whether the bandwidth limit of the NVRAM has reached the threshold bandwidth.

Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computing system for receiving, at a local node, a request to buffer data on a remote persistent cache memory system of a remote node. A target memory address within the remote persistent cache memory system may be sent from the local node via a remote procedure call (RPC). The data may be sent from the local node to the target memory address within the remote persistent cache memory system via a remote direct memory access (RDMA) command.

Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computing system for during a high IOPs period, receiving content to be written to a storage system; storing the content to a specific location within a storage device associated with the storage system; updating a temporary map to include an entry that defines the specific location of the content; and during a subsequent period, binding the content with respect to the storage device.

Abstract: A method of data reduction in a block-based data storage system includes selecting a starting position in a block based on a deterministic function of block data content. Then for an unaligned block beginning at the selected starting position, a block digest (e.g., block hash) is generated and compared with stored block digests of stored data blocks. If there is a match, and the stored block matches the unaligned block, then a reference to the stored block is stored in place of the unaligned block, and otherwise the unaligned block and a corresponding digest are stored. The storing of references to already stored blocks, without the constraint of observing aligned-block boundaries, realizes increased savings of physical storage space.

Abstract: A technique performs data reduction on host data of a write request during ingest under certain circumstances. Therein, raw host data of a write request is placed from the host into a data cache. Further, a data reducing ingest operation is performed that reduces the raw host data from the data cache into reduced host data (e.g., via deduplication, compression, combinations thereof, etc.). After completion of the data reducing ingest operation, a late-binding operation is performed that updates a mapper with ability to access the reduced host data from secondary storage. Such ingest-time data reduction may be enabled/disabled (e.g., turned on or off) per input/output (I/O) operation (e.g., used only for relatively large asynchronous I/O operations) and/or activated in situations in which the ingest bandwidth is becoming a bottleneck.

Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computer system for extending, by a computing device, transaction log page-buffers for Non-Volatile Random Access Memory (NVRAM) onto a solid state drive (SSD). It may be determined whether a bandwidth limit of the NVRAM has reached a threshold bandwidth. An IO may be processed on one of the NVRAM and the SSD based upon, at least in part, whether the bandwidth limit of the NVRAM has reached the threshold bandwidth.

Abstract: A technique performs data reduction on host data of a write request during ingest under certain circumstances. Therein, raw host data of a write request is placed from the host into a data cache. Further, a data reducing ingest operation is performed that reduces the raw host data from the data cache into reduced host data (e.g., via deduplication, compression, combinations thereof, etc.). After completion of the data reducing ingest operation, performing a late-binding operation is performed that updates a mapper with ability to access the reduced host data from secondary storage. Such ingest-time data reduction may be enabled/disabled (e.g., turned on or off) per input/output (I/O) operation (e.g., used only for relatively large asynchronous I/O operations) and/or activated in situations in which the ingest bandwidth is becoming a bottleneck.

Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computing system for sensing a failure within a system within a computing device. The system may include a cache memory system and a vaulted memory comprising a random access memory (RAM) having a plurality of independent persistent areas. A primary node and secondary node may be provided. The primary node may occupy a first independent persistent area of the RAM of the vaulted memory. The secondary node may occupy a second independent persistent area of the RAM of the vaulted memory. Data within the vaulted memory may be written to a persistent media using an iterator. The data may include at least one dirty page. Writing data within the vaulted memory to the persistent media may include flushing the at least one dirty page to the persistent media.

Abstract: Determining and using deduplication estimates may include: determining two deduplication sample indexes (DSIs) for two logical device sets each including one or more logical devices, determining a Jaccard Similarity for the two DSIs, wherein the Jaccard Similarity denotes a measurement of similarity and mutual deduplication between the two logical device sets; determining, in accordance with one or more criteria, whether the two logical device sets should be located in different data storage systems or a same data storage system that performs data deduplication, wherein the one or more criteria uses the Jaccard Similarity in determining whether to locate the two logical device sets in the same data storage system or the different data storage systems; and responsive to determining that the two logical device sets should be located in the same data storage system, locating the two logical device sets in the same data storage system.