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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2009
Murthy V. Mamidi, San Jose, CA (US);
Kadir Ozdemir, San Jose, CA (US);
Charles Silvers, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Paul Massiglia, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Murthy V. Mamidi, San Jose, CA (US);
Kadir Ozdemir, San Jose, CA (US);
Charles Silvers, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Paul Massiglia, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for quickly identifying data residing on a volume in a multivolume file system. The method includes generating a file location map, the file location map containing a list of the locations of files that occupy space on each of a plurality of volumes of the file system. The file system comprises least a first volume and a second volume. The file location map is updated in accordance with changes in a file change log for the file system. Data residing on the first volume of the file system is identified by scanning the file location map.