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Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2021

Filed:

Jun. 15, 2018
Applicant:

Emc Ip Holding Company Llc, Hopkinton, MA (US);

Inventors:

Mikhail Danilov, Saint Petersburg, RU;

Alexander Elpaev, Saint Petersburg, RU;

Assignee:

EMC IP Holding Company LLC, Hopkinton, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0608 (2013.01); G06F 3/067 (2013.01); G06F 3/0652 (2013.01);
Abstract

Deletion of data stored via a geographically diverse storage is disclosed. In response to determining that a first chunk and a second chunk of a first zone are to be deleted, a portion of the first and second chunks can be received at a second zone comprising a third and fourth chunk. The third chunk can comprise data represented by the first chunk and the fourth chunk can comprise data represented by the second chunk. The portion of the first and second chunks, and the third and the fourth chunks can be employed in generating a fifth chunk that comprises data from the third and fourth chunks other than data represented in the first and second chunks. In an aspect the portion of the first and second chunks can be received via a sixth chunk generated at the first zone.


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