
Ywang contributed to the daos-stack/daos repository by developing features focused on storage management and system programming using C and Go. Over two months, Ywang delivered md-on-SSD mode support for SMD Sync, enabling synchronization of data, metadata, and WAL blobs across multiple devices. The work included introducing a new SPDK initialization control path and updating device handling logic to improve end-to-end sync reliability. Additionally, Ywang implemented automated memory provisioning in the ddb utility, adding a workflow to configure tmpfs and VOS files for md-on-ssd mode. These changes reduced manual setup steps and improved maintainability across storage components.
October 2025: Delivered memory provisioning support in the ddb utility for md-on-ssd mode, enabling automated memory environment setup via a new prov_mem workflow that configures tmpfs and VOS files. In addition, performed a targeted refactor: relocated the pool-target recreation logic from the mgmt module to the vos module and renamed it to vos_pool_recreate_tgts to support the new memory provisioning flow. This work is tracked under DAOS-17308 and lays the groundwork for more robust memory-backed storage automation. Overall impact: reduces manual steps, improves reliability in md-on-ssd configurations, and demonstrates strong cross-team collaboration between management, VOS, and ddb components.
October 2025: Delivered memory provisioning support in the ddb utility for md-on-ssd mode, enabling automated memory environment setup via a new prov_mem workflow that configures tmpfs and VOS files. In addition, performed a targeted refactor: relocated the pool-target recreation logic from the mgmt module to the vos module and renamed it to vos_pool_recreate_tgts to support the new memory provisioning flow. This work is tracked under DAOS-17308 and lays the groundwork for more robust memory-backed storage automation. Overall impact: reduces manual steps, improves reliability in md-on-ssd configurations, and demonstrates strong cross-team collaboration between management, VOS, and ddb components.
Month: 2025-09. Delivered SMD Sync md-on-SSD mode support with multi-device handling in daos-stack/daos. Implemented processing of data, metadata, and WAL blobs during synchronization. Introduced bio_nvme_init_ext to control SPDK initialization and updated ddb_spdk and ddb_vos to correctly handle data/meta/WAL device types during sync. Commit 4fee6f789b65867fba6e47d965a2501c78b35bc3 as part of DAOS-17308 (#16349).
Month: 2025-09. Delivered SMD Sync md-on-SSD mode support with multi-device handling in daos-stack/daos. Implemented processing of data, metadata, and WAL blobs during synchronization. Introduced bio_nvme_init_ext to control SPDK initialization and updated ddb_spdk and ddb_vos to correctly handle data/meta/WAL device types during sync. Commit 4fee6f789b65867fba6e47d965a2501c78b35bc3 as part of DAOS-17308 (#16349).

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