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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2017
Emc Ip Holding Company Llc, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Jibing Dong, Beijing, CN;
Geng Han, Beijing, CN;
Jian Gao, Beijing, CN;
Jamin Jianbin Kang, Beijing, CN;
Hongpo Gao, Beijing, CN;
Huadong Li, Beijing, CN;
EMC IP Holding Company LLC, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and device for storage management. The method comprises receiving at a storage management device a configuration request for a storage space managed by the storage management device, the configuration request indicating a capacity of the storage space and a target size of a chunk in the storage space; and based on the capacity and the target size, dividing the storage space into a metadata region storing a chunk status indicator indicating whether the chunk is assigned with data and a data region including the chunk with the target size. Embodiments of the present disclosure also provide a corresponding device.