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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2017
Applicant:
Emc Ip Holding Company Llc, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Inventors:
Grace Ho, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jeffrey S. Bonwick, Los Altos, CA (US);
Assignee:
EMC IP Holding Company LLC, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/0261 (2013.01); G06F 2212/1016 (2013.01); G06F 2212/1036 (2013.01);
Abstract
In general, embodiments of the technology relate to a method for managing data. The method includes, in response to initiating garbage collection on a storage appliance, selecting a first block from the plurality of blocks based, at least in part, on a selection frequency; and performing a garbage collection operation on the first block to generate a first erased block in the storage appliance.