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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2023
Dell Products L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);
Weibing Zhang, Beijing, CN;
Victor Lei Gao, Beijing, CN;
Hao Fang, Beijing, CN;
Donglei Wang, Beijing, CN;
Zhe He, Beijing, CN;
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
Techniques for snapshot classification involve generating a plurality of snapshots of a storage system at multiple times; clustering the plurality of snapshots into a first group of snapshots and a second group of snapshots based on data features of the plurality of snapshots; and determining a clean snapshot among the plurality of snapshots based on a comparison between the generation time of the first group of snapshots and the generation time of the second group of snapshots. Accordingly, a clean snapshot and a damaged snapshot can be automatically and quickly distinguished, thereby improving the efficiency of finding a clean snapshot and helping a user recover data quickly.