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Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025

Filed:

Apr. 10, 2024
Applicant:

Dell Products L.p., Hopkinton, MA (US);

Inventors:

Christopher Seibel, Walpole, MA (US);

Vamsi K. Vankamamidi, Hopkinton, MA (US);

James Vega Mccoy, Holliston, MA (US);

Assignee:

Dell Products L.P., Hopkinton, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/0868 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/0868 (2013.01); G06F 2212/7201 (2013.01);
Abstract

In at least one embodiment, processing can include: receiving a write that writes content to a logical address; recording an entry for the write in a log; flushing the entry from the log; recording, in a metadata log, an update to a metadata page; flushing the update from the metadata log; generating an updated version of the metadata page including the update; staging the updated version of the metadata page to a staging area of a plurality of partitions, comprising: selecting a partition of the staging area based on: a partition owner of the partition, a page owner of the metadata page, a type of the metadata page, and a second type of the first partition; selecting a zone of the partition based on a processing node performing said staging; and writing the updated version of the metadata page to the zone of the partition.


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