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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2010
Colin Stebbins Gordon, Ridgefield, CT (US);
Pratap Vikram Singh, Fremont, CA (US);
Donald Alvin Trimmer, Livermore, CA (US);
Colin Stebbins Gordon, Ridgefield, CT (US);
Pratap Vikram Singh, Fremont, CA (US);
Donald Alvin Trimmer, Livermore, CA (US);
Network Appliance, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for merging the data of a first container and a second container into a target container that includes at least one block having a plurality of extents to store data objects. The apparatus may include a storage sever coupled to a plurality of storage devices. The storage server is configured to merge multiple data objects of the plurality of containers that store a data object per each container into a target container that stores multiple data objects within the target container.