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Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2013

Filed:

Aug. 08, 2007
Applicants:

Dharmesh R. Shah, San Jose, CA (US);

Anurag Agarwal, Aundh, IN;

Sameer Lokray, Cupertino, CA (US);

Srikanth S Mahabalarao, Pune, IN;

Thomas A. Bean, West Columbia, SC (US);

Inventors:

Dharmesh R. Shah, San Jose, CA (US);

Anurag Agarwal, Aundh, IN;

Sameer Lokray, Cupertino, CA (US);

Srikanth S Mahabalarao, Pune, IN;

Thomas A. Bean, West Columbia, SC (US);

Assignee:

Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/16 (2006.01); G06F 11/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Techniques for epoch pipelining are disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for epoch pipelining comprising the steps of beginning a first epoch, determining for one or more pages of memory if the pages of memory are likely to be modified in a subsequent epoch, performing a first operation on the pages of memory that are likely to be modified in a subsequent epoch, beginning a second epoch, subsequent to the first epoch, performing a second operation on the pages of memory that are not likely to be modified in a subsequent epoch, and ending the first epoch, wherein the first operation and the second operation are dissimilar.


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