- Patent Title: Scalable storage space allocation in distributed storage systems
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Application No.: US14839853Application Date: 2015-08-28
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Publication No.: US10223035B2Publication Date: 2019-03-05
- Inventor: Wenguang Wang , Yunshan Lu
- Applicant: VMware, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Palo Alto
- Assignee: VMware, Inc.
- Current Assignee: VMware, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Palo Alto
- Agency: Loza & Loza, LLP
- Main IPC: G06F3/06
- IPC: G06F3/06 ; H04L29/08
Abstract:
System and method for managing storage metadata utilize a metadata data structure containing allocation information of storage blocks of a storage system in which a portion of the metadata data structure that corresponds to a group of the storage blocks can be reserved to a requesting client, which then manages the portion of the metadata data structure using a copy of the portion of the metadata data structure.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170060432A1 SCALABLE STORAGE SPACE ALLOCATION IN DISTRIBUTED STORAGE SYSTEMS Public/Granted day:2017-03-02
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