Acronis International Gmbh

Alexei Sergeev

Serguei M Beloussov

Stanislav Protasov

Mark Shmulevich

Alexander Khalyapin

Yuri Per

A system and method is disclosed for using data blocks to optimize file storage in electronic data storage. An example method includes storing data objects in a storage service that correspond to a main block and multiple secondary blocks. The main block is stored in a first bucket and the secondary blocks are stored in one or more second buckets, with the main block including metadata indicating a unique identifier of the second bucket. The method further includes receiving a request to delete the data file to free storage; marking the main block of the data file for deletion that prevents a reading operation or a writing operation of additional data to the data file; deleting the secondary blocks of the data file; and after the secondary blocks are deleted, deleting the marked main block of the data file.

System and method of using data blocks to optimize file storage

A system and method is disclosed for reducing a physical size of a data file that includes a plurality of blocks in sequence with each block having a defined size with a starting position and an end position. According to one aspect, the method includes obtaining information relating to an occupied physical region of the data file, where the occupied physical region contains unused space and/or unused data, and determining positions of first and second boundaries of the occupied physical region of the data file relative to the plurality of blocks in the data file. Furthermore, the method includes equalizing the occupied physical region by adjusting the first and second boundaries of the occupied physical region of the data file and removing data between the start and end of the removal region to reduce the physical size of the data file.

System and method of removing unused regions of a data file

A system and method is disclosed for using data blocks to optimize file storage in electronic data storage. An example method includes storing a data file in electronic memory, where the data file includes a main block and a plurality of secondary blocks, with the main block including metadata that indicates respective locations of the secondary blocks relative to the main block. The method further includes performing a sparse operation of a data file to determine regions of the data file that contains unused space, determining blocks that are overlapped by the regions of the data file that contains unused space, removing the overlapped blocks, and storing the updated data file in an electronic database.

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Moscow, Russia

Alexei Sergeev