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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2015
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Michael Keller, Haifa, IL;
Orit Nissan-Messing, Hod HaSharon, IL;
Dani Shemesh, Ramat Gan, IL;
Eliyahu Weissbrem, Rehovot, IL;
Assignee:
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06F 12/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 11/14 (2006.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30578 (2013.01); G06F 3/065 (2013.01); G06F 3/0608 (2013.01); G06F 3/0653 (2013.01); G06F 3/0689 (2013.01); G06F 11/1446 (2013.01); G06F 11/1469 (2013.01); G06F 12/16 (2013.01); G06F 17/30174 (2013.01); G06F 17/30876 (2013.01); H04L 43/10 (2013.01); G06F 2201/80 (2013.01); G06F 2201/84 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fast snapshot is configured to determine if a snapshot is utilized for asynchronous mirroring. The fast snapshot operation is performed by avoiding reference counts of the one or more data units associated with the snapshot from being updated at a creation time and a deletion time when the snapshot is utilized for asynchronous mirroring.