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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2013
Applicant:
Vmware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
Daniel J. Scales, Mountain View, CA (US);
Satyam B. Vaghani, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
VMware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and system is provided for initializing files such as, for example and without limitation, pre-allocated files or raw device mapping (RDM) files, by delaying initializing file blocks. In accordance with one or more embodiments of the present invention, file blocks are associated with corresponding indicators to track un-initialized blocks.