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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2007
Shrikanth Shankar, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ananth Raghavan, San Francisco, CA (US);
Badhri G. Varanasi, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Shrikanth Shankar, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ananth Raghavan, San Francisco, CA (US);
Badhri G. Varanasi, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Oracle International Corporation, Redwood Shores, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for the on-demand allocation of segments and creation of metadata for previously-created data storage spaces and partitions are provided. A space is created in a database. As part of this creation process, no segment is allocated for the space. Rather, metadata describing the space sufficiently to allocate the segment in the future is created and maintained by the database. Data is received indicating a new item. Based on the metadata, it is determined that the new item pertains to the space. In response to the determination, a segment is allocated for the space. Additional metadata necessary for normal database operations in relation to the space and newly-allocated segment may also be created at this time. The new item can then be stored in the space.
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