The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.

The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2022

Filed:

Jun. 26, 2020
Applicant:

Vmware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);

Inventors:

Wenguang Wang, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Vamsidhar Gunturu, Cupertino, CA (US);

Assignee:

VMware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 16/13 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0619 (2013.01); G06F 3/064 (2013.01); G06F 3/067 (2013.01); G06F 3/0665 (2013.01); G06F 3/0689 (2013.01); G06F 16/13 (2019.01);
Abstract

Client data is structured as a set of data blocks. A first subset of data blocks is stored on a current segment of the disks. A second subset of data blocks is stored on a previous segment. A request to clean client data is received, including a request to update the current segment to include the second subset of data blocks. The second subset of data blocks is accessed and transmitted from a lower layer to a higher system layer. Parity data is generated at the higher layer. The parity data is transmitted to the lower layer. The lower layer updates second mapping data. In the updated mapping of the second mapping data, each local address that references a data block of the second subset of data blocks is included in the current segment of the plurality of disks. The lower layer writes the parity data in the current segment.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Loading…