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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2013
Emc Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Wengang Wang, Beijing, CN;
Yingchao Zhou, Beijing, CN;
William K. McGrath, Wake Forest, NC (US);
Jun Guo, Beijing, CN;
Jia Zhai, Beijing, CN;
EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Abstract
A technique performs a host write operation on behalf of a host computer. The technique involves receiving a write request from the host computer, and providing a data write command and a zero write command to backend storage in response to the write request from the host computer. The backend storage maintains a file on behalf of the host computer. Additionally, the data write command includes host data to be written to the file. Furthermore, the zero write command defines a field of zeroes to be written to the file. The technique further involves sending an acknowledgement to the host computer, the acknowledgement serving as a response to the write request from the host computer.