Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for tracking changed LBAs on disk drive
- Patent Title (中): 用于跟踪磁盘驱动器上更改的LBA的系统和方法
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Application No.: US11282055Application Date: 2005-11-16
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Publication No.: US07523319B2Publication Date: 2009-04-21
- Inventor: David Carroll Challener , Rod David Waltermann
- Applicant: David Carroll Challener , Rod David Waltermann
- Applicant Address: SG Singapore
- Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: SG Singapore
- Agent John L. Rogitz
- Main IPC: G06F12/00
- IPC: G06F12/00

Abstract:
When data changes in LBAs of a disk storage, the IDs of changed LBAs are written to a cache, with the LBAs being hashed to render a hash result. The hash result and contents of the cache are written to a file on the disk, the cache flushed, and the hash result written back to the cache for hashing together with subsequent changed LBAs. The process repeats. In this way, the hash result in the most current file on the disk can be compared with the hash result in cache, and if the two match, it indicates that the files on the disk contain an accurate record of changed LBAs.
Public/Granted literature
- US20070113045A1 System and method for tracking changed LBAs on disk drive Public/Granted day:2007-05-17
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