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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2025
Dell Products L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
A method for use in a storage system, comprising: receiving a write request; identifying a sector that corresponds to the write request; detecting whether a true copy of a sector signature is stored in a cache, wherein the sector signature includes plurality of block-specific portions, each block-specific portion corresponding to a different one of a plurality of blocks in the sector; when the true copy of the sector signature is stored in the cache, acknowledging the write request and subsequently completing the write request; when the true copy of the sector signature is not stored in the cache, generating a predicted copy of the sector signature based on a plurality of sector signatures that have been stored in the cache during a predetermined period, acknowledging the write request, retrieving the true copy of the sector signature, reconciling the predicted copy of the sector signature, and completing the write request.
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