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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2005
Ross A. Biro, Ashburn, VA (US);
Ross A. Biro, Ashburn, VA (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for selecting and storing data on a hard disk drive are described herein. In one embodiment, the method includes selecting a first data set for writing to a hard disk drive (HDD). The first data set can reside in a main memory of a computer and the first data set can be associated with a first disk address on the HDD. The method can also include determining that a second data set residing in the main memory is likely to be associated with a second disk address located within a selected proximity of the first disk address. The method can also include creating a third data set that includes the first data set and the second data set and writing the third data set to the HDD.