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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2014
Applicant:
Dell Products, Lp, Round Rock, TX (US);
Inventors:
Daniel E. Suman, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Jason C. Shamberger, Groton, MA (US);
Lazarus J. Vekiarides, West Roxbury, MA (US);
Assignee:
Dell Products, LP, Round Rock, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 12/08 (2016.01); G06F 12/0873 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0641 (2013.01); G06F 3/067 (2013.01); G06F 3/0611 (2013.01); G06F 12/0873 (2013.01); G06F 2212/1016 (2013.01); G06F 2212/1041 (2013.01); G06F 2212/281 (2013.01); G06F 2212/313 (2013.01);
Abstract
In an embodiment, a method can include storing a plurality of volumes on persistent media. A set of the volumes can store at least one portion of a same copy of data. The method can further include caching the set of the volumes as a single group. In an embodiment, the plurality of volumes can include at least one of drives, snapshots, clones and replicas.