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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2014
Netapp, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jayalakshmi Pattabiraman, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Nikhil Mattankot, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Deekshith Belchapada, Sullia Tq, IN;
Blake H. Lewis, Los Altos, CA (US);
Subramaniam Periyagaram, Campbell, CA (US);
Satya Suresh Chouta Naga Veera, Cupertino, CA (US);
Rohit Singh, Cary, NC (US);
Rajesh Khandelwal, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
James Robert Morefield, Fuquay Varina, NC (US);
NETAPP, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A first plurality of block identifiers is sorted based, at least in part, on a measure of spatial locality. A second plurality of block identifiers is sorted based, at least in part, on the measure of spatial locality. At least the first plurality of block identifiers and the second plurality of block identifiers are incrementally merged into a third plurality of block identifiers based, at least in part, on the measure of spatial locality. A block of data corresponding to metadata associated with a plurality of block identifiers of the third plurality of block identifiers is updated.