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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 23, 2016
Applicant:
Quantum Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Gregory L. Wade, San Jose, CA (US);
J. Mitchell Haile, Somerville, MA (US);
Bill Kan, Redwood City, CA (US);
Barry Herman, Atherton, CA (US);
Assignee:
Quantum Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/455 (2018.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0608 (2013.01); G06F 3/065 (2013.01); G06F 3/067 (2013.01); G06F 3/0619 (2013.01); G06F 3/0647 (2013.01); G06F 3/0664 (2013.01); G06F 3/0673 (2013.01); G06F 9/45533 (2013.01); G06F 9/45558 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45579 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments disclosed herein provide systems and method for storing metadata to unused portions of a virtual disk file. In a particular embodiment, a method provides selecting a virtual disk file stored on a data storage volume and identifying unused portions of the virtual disk file. The method further provides writing metadata for the virtual disk file in the unused portions of the virtual disk file.