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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2015
Applicant:
Emc Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Inventor:
Ryan Peterson, Discovery Bay, CA (US);
Assignee:
EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/08 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/1097 (2013.01); G06F 3/067 (2013.01); G06F 3/0608 (2013.01); G06F 3/0647 (2013.01);
Abstract
Defragmenting a software defined storage (SDS) system. To defragment an SDS system, the nodes associated with the SDS system are all moved to as to be close in terms of location. This may include de-provisioning nodes, provisioning nodes, and moving nodes as necessary. Multiple SDS systems can be defragmented at the same time.