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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2009
Steven S. Watanabe, San Jose, CA (US);
John K. Edwards, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Blake H. Lewis, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Steven S. Watanabe, San Jose, CA (US);
John K. Edwards, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Blake H. Lewis, Palo Alto, CA (US);
NetApp, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for operating a storage system is provided. A plurality of operating system transaction entries are stored in a log, and a swarm of messages with respect to the plurality of operating system transaction entries is established. The swarm of messages is delivered to an operating system of the storage system. A processor performs a parallel retrieval process for a plurality of messages in the swarm of messages by processing the plurality of messages in an arbitrary order without regard to an underlying order of the messages.