Patent ID: 11960371
Assignee: PURE STORAGE, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 13:
14. A method, comprising:
receiving a message at a source data structure of one of a plurality of storage controllers;
storing metadata relating to the message in storage memory of the one of the plurality of storage controllers;
distributing redundant copies of the metadata relating to the message from the source data structure to others of the plurality of storage controllers;
determining whether a level of redundancy for distributed redundant copies of the metadata regarding the message has been achieved; and
delivering the message to a destination data structure and having the destination authority act upon the message, responsive to achieving the level of redundancy, wherein the storage memory of the one of the plurality of storage controllers comprises a zoned storage drive, and wherein the destination data structure determines an erasure coding scheme applied to data associate with the message.