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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2024
Applicant:
Vast Data Ltd., Tel Aviv, IL;
Inventor:
Avi Goren, Tel Aviv, IL;
Assignee:
VAST DATA LTD., Tel Aviv, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/22 (2019.01); G06F 16/23 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/2246 (2019.01); G06F 16/2272 (2019.01); G06F 16/2308 (2019.01); G06F 16/2343 (2019.01);
Abstract
A method for splitting a node of a metadata tree, the method includes (i) splitting the node of the metadata tree based on a lock contention parameter that differs from a fullness of the node, to provide split nodes; and (ii) preventing a size based merge of the split nodes for a time period following a period of a defined duration that starts after the splitting.