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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2015
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Michael Keller, Haifa, IL;
Orit Nissan-Messing, Hod HaSharon, IL;
Dani Shemesh, Ramat Gan, IL;
Eliyahu Weissbrem, Rehovot, IL;
Assignee:
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06F 12/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 11/14 (2006.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30578 (2013.01); G06F 3/065 (2013.01); G06F 3/0608 (2013.01); G06F 3/0653 (2013.01); G06F 3/0689 (2013.01); G06F 11/1446 (2013.01); G06F 11/1469 (2013.01); G06F 12/16 (2013.01); G06F 17/30174 (2013.01); G06F 17/30876 (2013.01); H04L 43/10 (2013.01); G06F 2201/80 (2013.01); G06F 2201/84 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fast snapshot is configured to store a state of a computing environment at a point in time. The fast snapshot operation is performed by avoiding reference counts of one or more data units associated with the snapshot from being updated at a creation and a deletion time.