Patent attributes
Verifiable intra-cluster migration (VICM) for a chunk storage system is disclosed. VICM can migrate data from a first portion of a cluster to a second portion of a cluster. VICM can comprise locking a first portion of a cluster and locking a corresponding first cluster table during a preparation phase. Chunks of the first portion can then be migrated, during a migration phase, to the second portion and a second cluster table, corresponding to the second portion, can be updated accordingly. Garbage management operations, including recovery operations, can be performed via the second cluster table and the second portion during the migration phase. Upon completion of the migration phase, a reconciliation phase can comprise verifying chunk relationships of the second cluster table and the second portion based on the first cluster table. Exceptions to the verification can be reported via an exception report.