US 12,340,127 B2
NAS central sequencer, NAS clients and journaling methods
Michael Hirsch, Hod Hasharon (IL); Itamar Ofek, Hod Hasharon (IL); Daniel Goodman, Hod Hasharon (IL); Igor Shafran, Hod Hasharon (IL); Eddy Duer, Hod Hasharon (IL); and Assaf Natanzon, Hod Hasharon (IL)
Assigned to Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd, Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed on Oct. 30, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/497,723.
Application 18/497,723 is a continuation of application No. PCT/EP2021/061362, filed on Apr. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0061622 A1, Feb. 22, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 3/06 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/067 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0604 (2013.01); G06F 3/0655 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A network attached storage NAS memory controller,
the NAS memory controller is configured to be operatively connected to one or more NAS clients for shared memory access, each NAS client of the one or more NAS clients comprises a clock and is operatively connected to other NAS clients of the one or more NAS clients through a low-latency communications network, and
the NAS memory controller being configured to:
transmit an indication of a stop time and a restart time to each of the one or more NAS clients;
receive a journal of file operations from each of the one or more NAS clients after the stop time arrives; and
determine a status of each journal.