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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2003
George R. Cameron, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Hueichian Huang, San Jose, CA (US);
George R. Cameron, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Hueichian Huang, San Jose, CA (US);
3PARdata, Inc., Fremont, CA (US);
Abstract
A snapshot tree structure includes a base volume storing a current user data, a first snapshot descending from the base volume, and a second snapshot descending from the first snapshot, wherein the second snapshot was created prior to the first snapshot. The first snapshot includes a first table corresponding to first portions of block addresses, a second table corresponding to second portions of the block addresses, and a third table to third portions of the block addresses. The first table includes an entry with a pointer to the second table. The second table includes an entry with a pointer to the third table. The third table includes an entry with a pointer to a data of the base volume before the data is modified in the base volume.