Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Deduplication in an extent-based architecture
- Patent Title (中): 基于范围的架构中的重复数据删除
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Application No.: US14087345Application Date: 2013-11-22
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Publication No.: US09043287B2Publication Date: 2015-05-26
- Inventor: Subramaniam Periyagaram , Sandeep Yadav , Blake Lewis , Rickard E. Faith , Ashish Prakash , Ram Kesavan , Ananthan Subramanian
- Applicant: NetApp, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Assignee: NetApp, Inc.
- Current Assignee: NetApp, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Agency: Gilliam IP PLLC
- Main IPC: G06F17/30
- IPC: G06F17/30 ; G06F3/06

Abstract:
It is determined that a first data block contains the same data as a second data block. The first data block is associated with a first extent and the second data block is associated with a second extent. In response to determining that the first data block contains the same data as the second data block, the second data block is associated with the first extent and the first data block is disassociated with the second extent.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140201168A1 DEDUPLICATION IN AN EXTENT-BASED ARCHITECTURE Public/Granted day:2014-07-17
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