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Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2018

Filed:

Oct. 27, 2010
Applicants:

Viswesvaran Janakiraman, San Jose, CA (US);

Chris Chih-chen Lin, San Jose, CA (US);

Mohankumar R. Tiruvayapadi, Fremont, CA (US);

Inventors:

Viswesvaran Janakiraman, San Jose, CA (US);

Chris Chih-Chen Lin, San Jose, CA (US);

Mohankumar R. Tiruvayapadi, Fremont, CA (US);

Assignee:

Veritas Technologies LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/1466 (2013.01); G06F 2201/815 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a method and system for optimizing mirror creation. The method includes receiving, within an electronic system, a request for creating a mirror of a portion of a volume and accessing a data structure comprising information about a plurality of regions of the volume. The method further includes determining a plurality of regions comprising non-zeros of the volume based on the data structure and copying only the plurality of regions comprising non-zeros to create the mirror.


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