Patents by Inventor Sicong Yao

Sicong Yao 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).

  • Publication number: 20230030857
    Abstract: Techniques involve: determining use levels of task types associated with corresponding storage layers in multiple storage layers based on respective current resource use statuses of the multiple storage layers, where the multiple storage layers share physical resources, and tasks are executed on the corresponding storage layers in accordance with respective task types; determining respective priority levels of the multiple task types based on respective historical resource use statuses of the multiple storage layers; and selecting one group of tasks for execution based on the use levels and priority levels of the multiple task types and task types that the multiple to-be-executed tasks belong to, where the number of tasks belonging to each task type in the one group of tasks is determined by the use level of the corresponding task type, and the one group of tasks is sorted in accordance with corresponding priority levels of respective task types.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Sicong Yao, Xianlong Liu, Jing Chen, Jianhua Shao
  • Patent number: 11507286
    Abstract: A storage management technique involves: determining a spare degree of physical storage space of a file system and access characteristics of the file system; determining, using a provision operation classification model and based on the spare degree and the access characteristics, a target storage provision operation to be performed for the file system from multiple storage provision operations, wherein the multiple storage provision operations include at least a storage space expansion operation and a storage space reclamation operation, and the provision operation classification model characterizes an association relationship between different spare degrees and different access characteristics of the file system and the multiple storage provision operations; and performing the determined target storage provision operation for the file system. Accordingly, a better balance is achieved between storage efficiency and I/O performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: Sicong Yao, Liang Huang, Ruipeng Yang, Jianhua Shao, Xianlong Liu
  • Publication number: 20220236897
    Abstract: A storage management technique involves: determining a spare degree of physical storage space of a file system and access characteristics of the file system; determining, using a provision operation classification model and based on the spare degree and the access characteristics, a target storage provision operation to be performed for the file system from multiple storage provision operations, wherein the multiple storage provision operations include at least a storage space expansion operation and a storage space reclamation operation, and the provision operation classification model characterizes an association relationship between different spare degrees and different access characteristics of the file system and the multiple storage provision operations; and performing the determined target storage provision operation for the file system. Accordingly, a better balance is achieved between storage efficiency and I/O performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Sicong Yao, Liang Huang, Ruipeng Yang, Jianhua Shao, Xianlong Liu
  • Patent number: 11385826
    Abstract: Techniques for storage management involve: if it is determined that a source storage slice of a file system is to be recycled, identifying, from the source storage slice including a plurality of storage blocks, an orphan storage block that is inaccessible by a client of the file system; replicating data of the orphan storage block to a target storage block, the target storage block being located in a target storage slice within a predetermined isolation area of the file system; and generating second metadata of the target storage block based at least on first metadata of the orphan storage block, the second metadata including at least an identification of the orphan storage block. Therefore, the management performance can be improved, and the storage costs can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: Sicong Yao, Changyong Yu, Jianhua Shao, Xianlong Liu
  • Publication number: 20220035538
    Abstract: Techniques for storage management involve: if it is determined that a source storage slice of a file system is to be recycled, identifying, from the source storage slice including a plurality of storage blocks, an orphan storage block that is inaccessible by a client of the file system; replicating data of the orphan storage block to a target storage block, the target storage block being located in a target storage slice within a predetermined isolation area of the file system; and generating second metadata of the target storage block based at least on first metadata of the orphan storage block, the second metadata including at least an identification of the orphan storage block. Therefore, the management performance can be improved, and the storage costs can be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Sicong Yao, Changyong Yu, Jianhua Shao, Xianlong Liu