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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2012
Emc Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Sitaram Pawar, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Philippe Armangau, Acton, MA (US);
Jean-Pierre Bono, Westborough, MA (US);
Christopher Seibel, Walpole, MA (US);
EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Abstract
A method is used in managing files of file systems. A group transaction record for an indirect data block of a file of a file system is created. The indirect data block of the file includes a set of data blocks of the file. A set of transaction entries is added to the group transaction record. Each transaction entry of the set of transaction entries includes information regarding an operation performed on a data block of the set of data blocks. The group transaction record is stored in a journal. The journal includes metadata transactions upon a plurality of files of a plurality of file systems.