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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2006
William H. Moore, Fremont, CA (US);
Jeffrey S. Bonwick, Los Altos, CA (US);
Matthew A. Ahrens, San Francisco, AZ (US);
William H. Moore, Fremont, CA (US);
Jeffrey S. Bonwick, Los Altos, CA (US);
Matthew A. Ahrens, San Francisco, AZ (US);
Oracle America, Inc., Redwood Shores, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for writing a data block to a storage pool. The method including receiving a write operation for a block, determining whether the block comprises metadata, and if the block comprises metadata: determining a first replication type for the block, and writing the block to the storage pool in accordance with the first replication type. If the block does not comprise metadata: determining a second replication type for the block and writing the block to the storage pool in accordance with the second replication type.