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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2020
Filed:
May. 03, 2018
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Zhong-Shi Lu, Shanghai, CN;
Cheng-Yong Zhao, Shanghai, CN;
Mengze Liao, Shanghai, CN;
Li Lei, Shanghai, CN;
Min Fang, Shanghai, CN;
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 12/02 (2006.01); G06F 9/455 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0632 (2013.01); G06F 3/065 (2013.01); G06F 3/067 (2013.01); G06F 3/0631 (2013.01); G06F 3/0644 (2013.01); G06F 3/0647 (2013.01); G06F 9/45558 (2013.01); G06F 12/0284 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45583 (2013.01);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method according to one embodiment includes creating, at a block storage system separate from a host system, a structural representation of image layer data utilized at the host system, mapping the structural representation created at the block storage system to the image layer data utilized at the host system, and performing one or more operations on the image layer data, utilizing the structural representation created at the block storage system.