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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2010
Applicant:
Nir Peleg, Beer Yaakov, IL;
Inventor:
Nir Peleg, Beer Yaakov, IL;
Assignee:
DELL GLOVAL B.V.—SINGAPORE BRANCH, Singapore, SG;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); H03M 7/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0608 (2013.01); G06F 3/0641 (2013.01); G06F 3/0673 (2013.01); H03M 7/3091 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system comprising a file system that manages files and directories. A digest-based block storage engine coupled to the file system generates a digest when performing saving and retrieving operations initiated by the file system. The engine counts references to data blocks and a list of free data blocks. A storage unit may be coupled to the engine, wherein the storage unit stores a plurality of data blocks.