Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Virtualized copy-by-reference
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Application No.: US15659910Application Date: 2017-07-26
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Publication No.: US10459664B1Publication Date: 2019-10-29
- Inventor: Roland Dreier , Krishna Kant , Rachel Shanava
- Applicant: Pure Storage, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Mountain View
- Assignee: Pure Storage, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Pure Storage, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Mountain View
- Main IPC: G06F12/00
- IPC: G06F12/00 ; G06F3/06 ; G06F11/14 ; G06F16/11 ; G06F16/907 ; G06F13/00 ; G06F13/28
Abstract:
A virtualized copy-by-reference includes: receiving, from a first computer system, a request for reference information for source data within a source volume; providing, to the first computer system, the reference information, wherein the reference information corresponds to a metadata representation of the source data; receiving, from a second computer system, a request to write the source data to a target volume, and wherein the request to write the source data indicates the reference information; and copying, using the reference information, the metadata representation of the source data to the target volume.
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