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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2022
Filed:
May. 08, 2020
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Scott Alan Bauman, Rochester, MN (US);
Daniel Frank Moertl, Rochester, MN (US);
Robert Edward Galbraith, Rochester, MN (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and system of managing memory, the method including receiving a request for storage space in the memory system; obtaining a timestamp for a new Logical Unit Number (LUN); allocating a range of logical blocks to the new LUN in accordance with its requested size, the range of logical blocks including a starting logical block and a number of blocks; assigning the timestamp to the new LUN as the LUN creation timestamp; and saving the LUN creation timestamp with other metadata identifying the new LUN and the allocated logical blocks. Methods and system for deleting LUNs and using a deletion timestamp are disclosed as is a process to format a LUN.