The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2013
Applicant:
Red Hat Israel, Ltd., Raanana, IL;
Inventors:
Eduardo Warszawski, Kfar Saba, IL;
Ayal Baron, Kiryat Ono, IL;
Assignee:
Red Hat Israel, Ltd., Raanana, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/12 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0665 (2013.01); G06F 3/0619 (2013.01); G06F 3/067 (2013.01);
Abstract
A logical volume manager (LVM) may manage a plurality of logical volumes and a plurality of drives in a logical data storage using metadata stored on the plurality of drives. The LVM may operate in one of two modes. In the first mode, the LVM may deleted uncommitted metadata on a drive and may use committed metadata on the drive when accessing a logical volume. In a second mode, the LVM may use committed metadata on the drive when accessing the logical volume and may refrain from deleting the uncommitted metadata.