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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2019
Netapp Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Tijin George, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jagavar Nehra, Bangalore, IN;
Roopesh Chuggani, Bengaluru, IN;
Dnyaneshwar Nagorao Pawar, Bangalore, IN;
Atul Ramesh Pandit, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Kiyoshi James Komatsu, San Mateo, CA (US);
NetApp, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Techniques are provided for managing objects within an object store. An object is maintained within an object store. In an embodiment, a rule is enforced for the object that in-use slots of the object are non-modifiable and unused slots of the object are modifiable. Metadata of additional information for a slot within the object is attached to the object header. A first application allowed to access user data within the slot is provided access to the user data without being provided access to the metadata. A second application allowed access to the user data and the additional information is provided with access to the user data and the metadata for identifying a location of additional information within the object.