Transcript Object-Based Storage

Object-Based Storage
Mike Mesnier, Carnegie Mellon and Intel
Gregory R. Ganger, Carnegie Mellon
Erik Riedel, Seagate Research
In IEEE Communications Magazine, Aug. 2003
Advanced Operating System
2011. 05. 25
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Introduction
• Since the first disk drive,
disks have grown by over 6x in density and 4x in performance.
• But the storage interface is largely unchanged,
It’s now becoming a limiting factor for the storage architecture.
Need new interface for intelligent devices
Introduction
• In the past
– a block-based storage interface
Ex) DAS ( direct-attached storage )
SAN ( Storage area network )
– a file-based storage interface (ex. NAS ( Network-attached storage ))
Ex) NAS ( network-attached storage )
• Now
– propose a object-based storage interface
A SAN FileSystem
Background
• What is Object?
– A logical collection of bytes
– Composed of Data, Attribute, metadata
– The convergence of two technologies : files and blocks
• Files
– Good for Secure and Data sharing among different platforms.
– Ex) NAS
• Blocks
– Good for Performance.
– Ex) DAS, SAN
Background
• NAS ( Network-attached Storage )
Background
• SAN ( Storage Area Network )
Background
• Summary of Architectures
Ref. http://minimonk.tistory.com/2096
A SAN File System
A SAN File System
How to get improved Data Sharing
• Interface
– Similar to a file system
– Easily extend object-specific methods
• Attributes
– File System shares a common set of information describing the data
– The key to giving storage devices an awareness of how objects are being
accessed
• Independent File System
How to get Security
• What is a capability?
– Authority for accessing the storage devices.
– Created by server.
– In encrypt.
• Clients get capability for accessing the storage devices.
How to get Intelligent
• Use object attributes for
– Understand the relationships between the blocks.
– Better organize the data and anticipate needs.
– Hint about the object’s behavior
Q&A