Efficient unmap handling using synchronized redundant components of data objects

    公开(公告)号:US12124701B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-22

    申请号:US18159656

    申请日:2023-01-25

    Applicant: VMware, Inc.

    CPC classification number: G06F3/061 G06F3/0652 G06F3/0679

    Abstract: Components of a distributed data object are synchronized using streamlined tracking metadata. A target component of the distributed data object is detected as it becomes available and stale. A source component that is up-to-date and that mirrors the address space of the detected target component is identified. A set of mapped address ranges and a set of unmapped address ranges of the identified source component are obtained. A mapped address range of the target component that corresponds with an unmapped address range of the source component is identified. The identified mapped address range of the target component is then synchronized with the corresponding unmapped address range of the source component. Thus, unmapped address ranges are synchronized without using tracking metadata of the source component.

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