公开(公告)号：US20240427527A1

公开(公告)日：2024-12-26

申请号：US18827326

申请日：2024-09-06

Applicant: PURE STORAGE, INC.

Inventor： ROLAND DREIER ,  RACHEL SHANAVA ,  KRISHNA KANT

IPC: G06F3/06 ,  G06F11/14 ,  G06F16/11 ,  G06F16/907

Abstract: Copying data using references to the data, including: receiving a request to write the source data to a target volume, wherein the request to write the source data indicates the reference information; obtaining a metadata representation of the source data using the reference information; an copying, using the reference information, the metadata representation of the source data to the target volume.

公开(公告)号：US20210405930A1

公开(公告)日：2021-12-30

申请号：US17471607

申请日：2021-09-10

Applicant: PURE STORAGE, INC.

Inventor： ROLAND DREIER ,  RACHEL SHANAVA ,  KRISHNA KANT

IPC: G06F3/06 ,  G06F16/907 ,  G06F16/11 ,  G06F11/14

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.