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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2007
David Grunwald, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Stanley Luke, Stowe, MA (US);
Randall Smith, Arlington, MA (US);
Vaibhav Nivargi, Stanford, CA (US);
David Grunwald, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Stanley Luke, Stowe, MA (US);
Randall Smith, Arlington, MA (US);
Vaibhav Nivargi, Stanford, CA (US);
NetApp, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
An updateable list is provided for use in mounting a storage volume. Such list may include a plurality of block references capable of being used to access corresponding blocks required for mounting the storage volume. In use, such list may be utilized for accessing the blocks in a more efficient manner, by accessing a plurality of such blocks in parallel, as well as performing the block accessing and storage volume mounting in parallel.