Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Storing indicators of unreferenced memory addresses in volatile memory
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Application No.: US14709132Application Date: 2015-05-11
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Publication No.: US09817599B2Publication Date: 2017-11-14
- Inventor: Siamak Nazari , Jin Wang , Srinivasa D Murthy
- Applicant: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
- Current Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development Patent Department
- Main IPC: G06F12/00
- IPC: G06F12/00 ; G06F3/06 ; G06F11/20

Abstract:
In example implementations, unreferenced memory addresses in a segment of a storage volume may be identified. Access to the segment of the storage volume may be controlled by one of a plurality of storage volume controllers (SVCs). The plurality of SVCs may control access to respective segments of the storage volume. Indicators of the identified unreferenced memory addresses may be stored in a volatile memory in the one of the plurality of SVCs. In response to an input/output (I/O) command from a host, data may be written to one of the identified unreferenced memory addresses corresponding to one of the indicators stored in the volatile memory. After the data has been written, the one of the indicators may be deleted from the volatile memory. The one of the identified unreferenced memory addresses may not have been made available to other SVCs after being identified.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160335022A1 STORING INDICATORS OF UNREFERENCED MEMORY ADDRESSES IN VOLATILE MEMORY Public/Granted day:2016-11-17
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