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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2015
Applicant:
Netapp, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Blake Lewis, Los Altos, CA (US);
Ling Zheng, Saratoga, CA (US);
Craig Johnston, Livermore, CA (US);
Vinod Daga, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
NetApp, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/067 (2013.01); G06F 3/0608 (2013.01); G06F 3/0641 (2013.01); G06F 17/30156 (2013.01); G06F 3/0659 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system can maintain multiple queues for deduplication requests of different priorities. The system can also designate priority of storage units. The scheduling priority of a deduplication request is based on the priority of the storage unit indicated in the deduplication request and a trigger for the deduplication request.