Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Incremental garbage collection of data in a secondary storage
- Patent Title (中): 辅助存储中数据的增量垃圾收集
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Application No.: US13216025Application Date: 2011-08-23
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Publication No.: US08195614B2Publication Date: 2012-06-05
- Inventor: R. Hugo Patterson
- Applicant: R. Hugo Patterson
- Applicant Address: US MA Hopkinton
- Assignee: EMC Corporation
- Current Assignee: EMC Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Hopkinton
- Agency: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP
- Main IPC: G06F7/00
- IPC: G06F7/00 ; G06F17/00 ; G06F12/00 ; G06F17/30 ; G06F13/00 ; G06F13/28
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for different embodiments of incremental garbage collection of data in a secondary storage. In one embodiment, a method comprises locating blocks of data in a log that are referenced and within a range at a tail of the log. The method also includes copying the blocks of data that are referenced and within the range to an unallocated segment of the log.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110307530A1 INCREMENTAL GARBAGE COLLECTION OF DATA IN A SECONDARY STORAGE Public/Granted day:2011-12-15
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