Patent ID: 11861172
Assignee: NETAPP, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 6:
7. A method comprising:
responsive to receiving a write operation from a client by a file system layer of a node of a distributed storage system and determining a data payload of the write operation meets a compressibility threshold, causing an intermediate storage layer of the node logically interposed between the file system layer and a block storage media to perform a single input/output (I/O) write operation, wherein the single I/O write operation involves writing a packed block header containing an operation header entry corresponding to the write operation, and the data payload in compressed form to a data block associated with a particular block number within the block storage media; and
responsive to completion of the single I/O write:
initiating, by the file system layer, journaling of an operation header containing the particular block number; and
without waiting for completion of the journaling, acknowledging, by the file system layer, receipt of the write operation to the client.