Metadata query plays an important role in mass storage system. Efficient indexing algorithm can reduce the time and space which greatly determine the efficiency of mass storage system. Typically, temporal and spatial consuming is immense and volatile in the existing metadata management algorithms. In this paper, a novel metadata indexing algorithm is presented. Metadata query algorithm is based on two-level indexing strategy. The metadata is classified into two categories, that are active metadata and non-active metadata. The Bloom Filter is used to generate binary string for active metadata, and the B-tree is used to establish index of each active partition. While, the suitable hash function is selected for each non-active metadata partition. The results show that the multi-level metadata indexing algorithm can reduce the temporal and spatial costs of metadata query.
Multi-level Metadata Management Scheme for Cloud Storage System
