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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2018
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Ajith Kumar Battaje, Karnataka, IN;
Tanay Goel, Chhattisgarh, IN;
Rajendra Prasad Mishra, Santa Clara, CA (US);
WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A data storage apparatus that includes a storage device and a processor coupled to the storage device. The processor is configured to receive in a memory, a first logical block entry for a first dump group and a second logical block entry for a second dump group; store in a reverse translation table, the first logical block entry for the first dump group and the second logical block entry for the second dump group; determine a first sequence number associated with the stored first logical block entry and the stored second logical block entry in the reverse translation table, wherein the first sequence number is a snapshot marker that determines a timestamp associated with the first logical block and the second logical block; and persist the first logical block entry for the first dump group in the storage device.