Virtual disk storage techniques

This document describes techniques for storing virtual disk payload data. In an exemplary configuration, each virtual disk extent can be associated with state information that indicates whether the virtual disk extent is described by a virtual disk file. Under certain conditions the space used to de...

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Main Authors Starks, John A, Dai, Chung Lang, Green, Dustin L, Harris, Todd William, Rajaram, Senthil, Mehra, Karan, Christiansen, Neal R, John, Mathew
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 28.03.2023
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
PHYSICS
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Summary:This document describes techniques for storing virtual disk payload data. In an exemplary configuration, each virtual disk extent can be associated with state information that indicates whether the virtual disk extent is described by a virtual disk file. Under certain conditions the space used to describe a virtual disk extent can be reclaimed and state information can be used to determine how read and/or write operations directed to the virtual disk extent are handled. In addition to the foregoing, other techniques are described in the claims, figures, and detailed description of this document.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201615221797