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Patent No.:

US 9009206 B1

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Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2015

Filed:

Nov. 20, 2012
Applicant:

Netapp, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Inventors:

Richard Parvin Jernigan, IV, Sewickley, PA (US);

Robert Wyckoff Hyer, Jr., Seven Fields, PA (US);

Assignee:

NetApp, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/3033 (2013.01); G06F 17/30097 (2013.01);
Abstract

Machine implemented method and system for adding a directory entry to an existing directory data structure maintained by a storage system for storing a plurality of directory entries are provided. A first level storage block is used for storing a pointer to a first hash value from among a plurality of hash values. A new third level storage block is allocated when a second level storage block has reached a threshold level for storing pointers to hash values for the plurality of directory entries. A group of pointers including a pointer to a second hash value from among the plurality of hash values is selected. The group of pointers is stored in the third level storage block with a pointer to a third hash value from among the plurality of hash values such that the directory entry can be searched using the plurality of hash values.


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Jernigan, IV, Richard. (2015). Method and system for optimizing traversal and storage of directory entries of a storage volume (U.S. Patent No. 9009206). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9009206

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