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Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2007

Filed:

Sep. 30, 2002
Applicants:

Dov Bulka, Raleigh, NC (US);

Ashok Ramakrishnan, Morrisville, NC (US);

Phillip Ray Hinton, Jr., Raleigh, NC (US);

Eric Wagner, Raleigh, NC (US);

Inventors:

Dov Bulka, Raleigh, NC (US);

Ashok Ramakrishnan, Morrisville, NC (US);

Phillip Ray Hinton, Jr., Raleigh, NC (US);

Eric Wagner, Raleigh, NC (US);

Assignee:

EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method and system are described for reducing search for data in a directory scheme employing hash tables. The method involves compacting directory entries in a manner in which the directory entries will gradually migrate and concentrate at the highest level hash tables which coincide with early blocks in a hash table sequence representing the directory.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Bulka, Dov. (2007). Method and system of compacting sparse directories in a file system (U.S. Patent No. 7287046). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/7287046

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