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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2005
Applicants:
Andy C. Kahn, San Francisco, CA (US);
John K. Edwards, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Nitin Muppalaneni, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Andy C. Kahn, San Francisco, CA (US);
John K. Edwards, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Nitin Muppalaneni, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
Network Appliance, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and method are provided to check consistency of an aggregate capable of supporting flexible volumes. The method includes identifying an inode having a flexible volume type present in the aggregate; determining whether the inode is identified in a metadata directory of the aggregate; and performing consistency check on the flexible volume associated with the inode.