基于iSCSI协议的虚拟磁盘的设计与实现-计算机系统结构专业论文.docxVIP

Abstract In the hierarchical storage system based on iSCSI protocol, multiple requests of storage resources from the client will create multiple logical volumes in the host computer, and the continued migration of hot data will also produce more and more fragmentation. All these will increase the difficulty of system management, and the reliability of the system will decrease as well. Most of the existing virtual device management methods use the strategy of resource reservation and static allocation, but they all have a low utilization of storage devices. In order to meet the requirement of the hierarchical storage system based on iSCSI protocol and achieve the thin provisioning of storage resources, we must develop a new virtual disk controller. The virtual disk controller is realized by a virtual block device mapping module in the block device driver layer, all logical volumes are organized into a single logical storage unit which is available to the file system as a simple disk and can manage the fragmentation caused by data migration. The virtual disk controller uses dynamic address mapping strategy to manage the mapping relationship between the virtual device and the physical devices which are connected to local host by iSCSI protocol. The controller allocates physical storage resources for the virtual device only when actual requests occur, so as to achieve the purpose of thin provisioning. In consideration of the fact that the virtual disk controller needs to fetch the mapping table ietms frequently when the read and write requests are redirected, the controller adopts the B-tree algorithm to improve the rate of searching process. The virtual device mapping module provides a scheduling layer to the cache and merge the adjacent read and write operations which are redirected on the same physical device, which can improve the virtual disk throughput at random access mode. The prototype system based on iSCSI protocol has been realized, and the tests show that t