Patent ID: 7664787
Filing Date: 2010-02-16
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An object-based storage system operatively connected to a host device comprising: at least one storage volume for storing data as objects, such that each object includes content data and attribute data of the content data; and a controller configured to receive I/O requests as Object-based Storage Device (OSD) commands from the host device and process the I/O requests, wherein the controller is configured to create a mirror object of an original object in the at least one storage volume by: reading original content data of the original object; getting original attribute data of the original object; creating the mirror object using the original content data and the original attribute data of the original object; storing the mirror object in a volume separate from said original object; returning, to the host device, an ID created in a command by the controller to create the mirror object; and mirroring updates of said original object to said mirror object.