Pure Storage, Inc.
MESSAGE PERSISTENCE IN A ZONED SYSTEM

Abstract:

A plurality of storage controllers configured to initiate an action based on redundant copies of metadata, such that a source authority of one of the plurality of storage controllers receives a message, records the message redundantly throughout the plurality of storage controllers, and delivers the message to a destination authority of a further one of the storage controllers responsive to achieving a level of redundancy for the redundant copies of the metadata regarding the message is provided, wherein at least one of the plurality of storage controllers comprises a zoned storage drive.