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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2013
Applicant:
Quantum Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventors:
Gregory L. Wade, San Jose, CA (US);
J. Mitchell Haile, Somerville, MA (US);
Assignee:
Quantum Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/02 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06F 12/02 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/0269 (2013.01); G06F 3/0607 (2013.01); G06F 3/0641 (2013.01); G06F 3/0652 (2013.01); G06F 3/0685 (2013.01); G06F 17/30138 (2013.01); G06F 17/30156 (2013.01); G06F 17/30171 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments disclosed herein provide systems and methods for performing garbage collection in virtual environments. In a particular embodiment, a method provides performing a garbage collection process to identify at least a portion of a secondary storage volume located within a primary storage volume. The method further provides triggering a data block release process on at least a portion of the primary storage volume corresponding to the at least a portion of the secondary storage volume.