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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2011
Filed:
May. 10, 2007
James George Wayda, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
Kent Lee, Ladera Ranch, CA (US);
Ngoclan Thi VU, Irvine, CA (US);
Elizabeth G. Rodriguez, Carlsbad, CA (US);
James George Wayda, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
Kent Lee, Ladera Ranch, CA (US);
Ngoclan Thi Vu, Irvine, CA (US);
Elizabeth G. Rodriguez, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Dot Hill Systems Corporation, Longmont, CO (US);
Abstract
A method, device, and system are provided for determining when to re-initialize a backing store in a data storage system. More specifically, when all snapshots associated with a specified backing store are either being deleted or are marked for deletion the backing store is re-initialized rather than deleting each snapshot independently. The re-initialization of the backing store provides for a quicker way to delete all snapshots than can be achieved by deleting each snapshot independently.