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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2019
Filed:
May. 17, 2016
Applicant:
Emc Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Inventors:
Ying Xie, Cupertino, CA (US);
Curtis Christian Anderson, Saratoga, CA (US);
Nitin Garg, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Dheer Moghe, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06F 16/16 (2019.01); G06F 11/14 (2006.01); G06F 16/11 (2019.01); G06F 16/17 (2019.01); G06F 16/174 (2019.01); G06F 16/2455 (2019.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 12/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/162 (2019.01); G06F 3/0608 (2013.01); G06F 3/0652 (2013.01); G06F 3/0683 (2013.01); G06F 11/1402 (2013.01); G06F 12/0261 (2013.01); G06F 16/11 (2019.01); G06F 16/1724 (2019.01); G06F 16/1727 (2019.01); G06F 16/1748 (2019.01); G06F 16/24565 (2019.01); G06F 3/0641 (2013.01); G06F 11/1435 (2013.01);
Abstract
An indication is received that a data object is to be deleted, wherein the data object comprises data stored in a segment within a container. It is determined no currently alive data object references any segment within the container. The container is placed in a delete-ready but not yet reclaimable state.