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Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2018

Filed:

Jan. 03, 2017
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventor:

Vishal Anand, Bangalore, IN;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 12/06 (2006.01); G06F 12/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/0607 (2013.01); G06F 12/0246 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and apparatus for implementing a storage optimization process is provided. The method includes identifying a file for storage on a storage device. The storage device determines that the file comprises a file size that exceeds multiple physical disk blocks of the storage device by a fractional value. The file is divided into a first portion and a second portion. The first portion comprises a file size such that the first portion fits entirely within a first single block of the storage device. The second portion comprises a size such that the second portion exceeds a size of a second single block of the storage device by the fractional value. The first portion is stored within the first single block. The second portion is compressed such that a resulting compressed file fits entirely within the second single block.


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