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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2011
Applicants:
Kanthan Ravichandran, Chidambaram, IN;
Vrishali Thorat, Bangalore, IN;
Inventors:
Kanthan Ravichandran, Chidambaram, IN;
Vrishali Thorat, Bangalore, IN;
Assignee:
NetApp, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30088 (2013.01); G06F 17/30215 (2013.01);
Abstract
Method and system for using a clone of a replicated copy of a data structure as an independent data object is provided. The replicated copy and the clone share data blocks, when the clone is generated. The clone is assigned new data blocks to replace the shared data blocks. A profile for the clone is generated where the clone does not share any data blocks with the replicated copy. The profile includes an option to delete the clone profile and any associated data blocks thereof.