SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAINTAINING CONSISTENT POINTS IN FILE SYSTEMS USING A PRIME DEPENDENCY LIST

According to one embodiment, a request is received for obtaining a consistent point of data stored in a file system of a storage system having a plurality of storage units. In response to the request, retrieving a prime dependency list from a first prime segment stored in a first of the storage unit...

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Main Authors HSU, Windsor, W, MITRA, Soumyadeb
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 01.05.2019
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
PHYSICS
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Summary:According to one embodiment, a request is received for obtaining a consistent point of data stored in a file system of a storage system having a plurality of storage units. In response to the request, retrieving a prime dependency list from a first prime segment stored in a first of the storage units, where the prime dependency list includes information identifying at least a second prime segment stored in a second of the storage units. The first and second prime segments collectively form a prime segment representing a consistent view of the file system. Each of the prime segments listed in the prime dependency list is ascertained in an attempt to generate the consistent point of data.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20120763802