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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2017

Filed:

Oct. 05, 2015
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Shah M. R. Islam, Tucson, AZ (US);

Sandeep R. Patil, Pune, IN;

Riyazahamad M. Shiraguppi, Pune, IN;

Gandhi Sivakumar, Bentleigh, AU;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 12/06 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06F 11/14 (2006.01); G06F 11/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/0646 (2013.01); G06F 3/064 (2013.01); G06F 3/0613 (2013.01); G06F 3/0617 (2013.01); G06F 3/0649 (2013.01); G06F 3/0655 (2013.01); G06F 3/0673 (2013.01); G06F 3/0685 (2013.01); G06F 17/30097 (2013.01); G06F 17/30156 (2013.01); G06F 3/0641 (2013.01); G06F 3/0646 (2013.01); G06F 11/1453 (2013.01); G06F 11/3409 (2013.01); G06F 11/3485 (2013.01); G06F 2201/88 (2013.01); G06F 2212/1016 (2013.01);
Abstract

One method includes assigning a pointer from multiple logical blocks to the same original physical block if the multiple logical blocks include the same data. The method further includes receiving a command to write data to the first logical block and determining if the first logical block is a frequently accessed logical block. If the first logical block is a frequently accessed logical block, ownership of the original physical block is assigned to the first logical block. If ownership is established, the method includes copying any data stored in the original physical block to a new physical block, assigning a pointer from a second logical block to the new physical block, and performing the write command on the original physical block. A system includes a processor for performing the above method. One computer program product includes computer code for performing the method described above.


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