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Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2022

Filed:

Jan. 15, 2020
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Gabriel Benhanokh, Tel-Aviv, IL;

Ian Wigmore, Westborough, MA (US);

Arieh Don, Newton, MA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/16 (2006.01); G06F 12/0831 (2016.01); G06F 12/084 (2016.01); G06F 9/54 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/0835 (2013.01); G06F 9/544 (2013.01); G06F 12/084 (2013.01); G06F 13/1663 (2013.01); G06F 2212/7207 (2013.01);
Abstract

In response to receiving a read metadata request from the host system for a data portion, the storage system may determine a status and location of the data portion, including determining whether the data portion is in a cache of the storage system. If the data portion is in the cache, the storage system may send a response that includes the data portion itself along with the status and location of the data portion. If the data portion is not in the cache, the storage system may send a response to the read metadata request that includes the status and location of the data portion, but not the data portion itself. The host system may be configured to determine whether the data portion has been returned with the metadata response, and if so, refrain from sending a separate data request, for example, to retrieve the data portion from cache.


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