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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2023
Dell Products L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);
Jagannathdas Rath, Bangalore, IN;
Sraisailendra Yallapragada, Cupertino, CA (US);
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
A flexible retention lock system defines attributes for an automatic retention lock (ARL) period to lock a file, and a cooling (COP) period specifying a time period after which the file will be locked if no modifications are made. These attributes are assigned an ARL label ID and are attached to the file using the ARL label ID stored with file metadata upon creation of the file, with the ARL label stored in a label database for convenient lookup. The retention lock period for all files using a label can be instantly extended by changing the ARL period from an initial lock period to a longer lock period. A reference count counting files using the label is used to prevent deletion of the ARL label by requiring that only a count of zero allows for label deletion.