A computer-implemented method includes receiving a request to provision a set of storage volumes for a server cluster, wherein the request includes an identifier for the server cluster and generating a provisioning work ticket for each storage volume in the set of storage volumes, each provisioning work ticket including the identifier for the server cluster. The provisioning work tickets are provided to a message broker. Multiple volume provisioning instances are executed such that at least two of the volume provisioning instances operate in parallel with each other and such that each volume provisioning instance receives a respective provisioning work ticket from the message broker and attempts to provision a respective storage volume of the set of storage volumes for the server cluster in response to receiving the volume provisioning work ticket.

A method, computer program product, and computing system for maintaining a first cursor pointer for a memory system, wherein the first cursor pointer concerns a first search criteria and identifies an initial first cursor starting location; receiving a first search request for the memory system that satisfies the first search criteria; executing the first search request within an initial first search window starting at the initial first cursor starting location; and updating the first cursor pointer to identify an updated first cursor starting location based, at least in part, upon the initial first search window.

A method and a system for delivering a message in a storage system. In one embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method for delivering a message in a storage system comprising a first controller, a second controller, a first communication area and a second communication area. The method comprises: in response to receiving a message that is to be delivered from the first controller to the second controller, writing the message to the first communication area that is readable and writable to the first controller and readable to the second controller; and writing an address identifier to the second communication area, the address identifier being used for indicating an address at which the second controller reads the message from the first communication area, the second communication area being readable to the first controller and readable and writable to the second controller.

Disclosed are a method for data de-duplication and an apparatus for the same. The method may comprise obtaining access property of data based on input request or output request for the data, determining de-duplication unit of the data based on the access property, and performing de-duplication on the data based on the de-duplication unit. Thus, data de-duplication rate may be determined adaptively based on input/output characteristics of data. Also, data de-duplication may be performed based on the determined data de-duplication rate so as to provide low input/output latency.

A technique for garbage collection in a data storage system includes determining a dirty physical byte count for each of a plurality of candidate garbage collection units. The dirty physical byte count provides a total amount of dirty bytes. At least one of a dirty physical codeword container count and a dirty physical page count is determined for each of the candidate garbage collection units. The dirty physical codeword container count provides an amount of physical codeword containers that are completely dirty and the dirty physical page count provides an amount of physical pages that are completely dirty. A garbage collection unit, included in the candidate garbage collection units, is selected for garbage collection based on the dirty physical byte count and at least one of the dirty physical codeword container count and the dirty physical page count.

Aspects of the embodiments are directed to systems, devices, and methods for accessing storage-as-memory. Embodiments include a microprocessor including a microprocessor system agent and a field programmable gate array (FPGA). The FPGA including an FPGA system agent to process memory access requests received from the microprocessor system agent across a communications link; a memory controller communicatively coupled to the system agent; and a high speed serial interface to link the system agent with a storage system. Embodiments can also include a storage device connected to the FPGA by the high speed serial interface.

A method, a system and a computer-readable medium for writing to a cache memory are provided. The method comprises maintaining a write count associated with a set, the set containing a memory block associated with a physical block address. A mapping from a logical address to the physical address of the block is also maintained. The method shifts the mapping based on the value of the write count and writes data to the block based on the mapping.

A data recording device includes a recording medium, a control circuit configured to execute a read operation to read data from the recording medium or a write operation to write data on the recording medium, in response to a read or write request from an external device, and in accordance with one of a plurality of recording methods, a cache, a storage circuit configured to store a cache priority table in which a priority for storing read data or write data in the cache is set for each of the recording methods, and a cache control circuit configured to store the read data or the write data in the cache according to a priority set in the cache priority table for the read data and the recording method for the read data or for the write data and the recording method for the write data.

A method and apparatus may include receiving data from a first device. The data may be received via a first protocol. The method can also include converting the data to be transmitted via a second protocol. The second protocol may be a high-speed proprietary or standard protocol. The method can also include transmitting the data via the second protocol to a second device.

Resource provisioning to a process in a distributed computing system, such as a cloud computing system. An instruction to provision a resource is received. Portions of the resource are provisioned to the process as they become available, and prior to all portions becoming available, based on determining that the provisioning speed is greater than or equal to the use speed for the resource. If the use speed is faster, it may be actively slowed down.