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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2010
Sunil Kumar Tekkatte Subramanya, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Pramodh Pisupati, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Balemurughan Kumaresan, East Palo Alto, CA (US);
Charles H. Silvers, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Brad Allen Boyer, San Jose, CA (US);
Ajay Purushottam Salpekar, Hayward, CA (US);
Sunil Kumar Tekkatte Subramanya, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Pramodh Pisupati, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Balemurughan Kumaresan, East Palo Alto, CA (US);
Charles H. Silvers, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Brad Allen Boyer, San Jose, CA (US);
Ajay Purushottam Salpekar, Hayward, CA (US);
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for extent reference count updates are presented. In one embodiment; a reference count update method includes: receiving an indication of new reference association with an extent of a shared storage component; generating reference count update log information for a reference count update log to indicate the new reference association with an extent of a shared storage component, wherein the altering occurs inline; forwarding a successful data update indicator to initiator of activity triggering the new reference association with the extent of the shared storage component; and updating a reference count table in accordance with the information in the reference count update log, wherein the updating is included in a background process.