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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2023
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Jaspal Kohli, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Shwetashree Virajamangala, Cupertino, CA (US);
Sudip Chandra Talukder, Bangalore, IN;
Stimit Kishor Oak, San Jose, CA (US);
Hari Krishna Mudaliar, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Techniques are described in which storage nodes within a storage cluster are configured to support graph-based storage management. For example, a storage cluster comprises a network and a plurality of computing systems, each interconnected over the network, wherein the plurality of computing systems includes a plurality of storage nodes. The computing system of the plurality of computing systems is configured to allocate a volume of storage within the storage cluster, generate a volume graph of the volume, wherein the volume graph represents one or more functional elements in a data plane of the volume, and manage the volume based on the volume graph.