Patent ID: 9477551
Filing Date: 2016-10-25
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A method for data migration between data generating entities and a File System in a data storage system, comprising: (a) operatively coupling a Burst Buffer (BB) tier between at least one data generating entity and the File System, and configuring said BB tier with a plurality of Burst Buffer Nodes (BBNs) and a plurality of Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) units, wherein each NVM unit is operatively associated with a respective BBN of said plurality thereof; (b) composing, by said at least one data generating entity, a Parity Group having a plurality of data blocks BBB (c) sending, from said at least one data generating entity, a “write” request for writing said Parity Group to said BB tier; (d) assigning a Burst Buffer Node BBN (e) upon receipt of said PGID by said at least one data generating entity from said BBN (f) updating said initial PGI after each writing of said at least one subsequent block from said BBB (g) saving said complete PGI to said NVMs associated with said BBN