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Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2021

Filed:

Nov. 02, 2018
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Philippe Armangau, Acton, MA (US);

Ivan Bassov, Brookline, MA (US);

John Didier, Westboro, MA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0653 (2013.01); G06F 3/065 (2013.01); G06F 3/067 (2013.01); G06F 3/0608 (2013.01);
Abstract

There is disclosed techniques for data reduction reporting in storage systems. For example in one embodiment, the techniques comprise update a counter denoting an amount of data reduction obtained when a data reduction feature associated with a data reduction requirement is enabled in the storage system when one or more allocation units in a storage system satisfy a data reduction requirement of the storage system. The techniques further comprise generating a snapshot of at least a portion of a file related to the said allocation units such that a first relationship exists when the snapshot is generated and a second relationship exists when the snapshot or the file is updated. The techniques also comprise determining a data reduction attributed to the data reduction feature based on an amount of data reduction denoted by the data reduction counter and an amount of sharing and/or unsharing of indirect blocks including mapping pointers in the relationship between the snapshot and the file.


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