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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2024
Dell Products L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);
Evgeny Malkevich, Newton, MA (US);
Arieh Don, Newton, MA (US);
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
A method for use in a first storage system, comprising: generating a current snapshot of a first volume that is hosted by the first storage system; when the current snapshot is a full copy of the first volume and a predetermined condition is true: identifying a first snapshot of the first volume, generating an abbreviated snapshot of the first volume corresponding to a difference between the first snapshot and the current snapshot, transmitting to a second storage system an instruction to roll back a second volume to a second snapshot, waiting to receive a confirmation that the second volume has been rolled back, and transmitting the abbreviated snapshot to the second storage system for use in updating the second volume; and when the current snapshot is not a full copy of the first volume and/or the predetermined condition is not true: transmitting the current snapshot to the second storage system.