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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2021
Dell Products L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);
Sandeep Chandrashekhara, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Michael Ferrari, Douglas, MA (US);
Mark Halstead, Holliston, MA (US);
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to improving response rates of input/output (IO) requests targeting undefined virtual storage devices. In embodiments, an (IO request can be received by a storage array. Additionally, a determination of whether the IO request targets an undefined target track can be made. Further, source data related to the IO request can be located. For instance, a direct image lookup (DIL) can be performed to locate the source data. Also, a storage-related operation on the undefined target track can be performed using instructions provided by the IO request, such as updating a version of the undefined track. Further, a storage resource allocation for the undefined target track can be destaged.