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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2010
Farzad Khosrowpour, Pflugerville, TX (US);
Kevin Marks, Round Rock, TX (US);
Seth Feder, Austin, TX (US);
Stephen Gouze Luning, Austin, TX (US);
Farzad Khosrowpour, Pflugerville, TX (US);
Kevin Marks, Round Rock, TX (US);
Seth Feder, Austin, TX (US);
Stephen Gouze Luning, Austin, TX (US);
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for appending metadata to objects are disclosed. A method may include in response to an indication to add new metadata to an existing immutable data object stored at a first location on a storage resource: (a) writing a new data object to a second location on the storage resource, the new data object including the new metadata; (b) aliasing a first unique identifier associated with the existing immutable data object to a second unique identifier associated with the new data object; and (c) associating the second unique identifier to the second location.