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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2011
Kirubakaran Kaliannan, Beaverton, OR (US);
Kirubakaran Kaliannan, Beaverton, OR (US);
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Storage systems and methods are presented. In one embodiment, a data storage resource management method comprises: performing a data update process, including communicating a data update input output packet between a primary storage resource and a secondary storage resource, wherein corresponding data updates in the secondary storage resource are a mirror of data updates in the primary storage resource; and performing a reclamation process, including: communicating reclamation information in a reclamation input output packet through the same interface as the data update input output packet, wherein the reclamation input output packet is communicated between the primary storage resource and the secondary storage resource; and reclaiming storage locations on the secondary storage resource in accordance with reclamation information in the reclamation input output packet communicated between the primary storage resource and secondary storage resource.