Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory – Storage accessing and control – Control technique
Reexamination Certificate
2011-08-16
2011-08-16
Peugh, Brian (Department: 2187)
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory
Storage accessing and control
Control technique
Reexamination Certificate
active
08001345
ABSTRACT:
A method, device, and system are provided for determining when to re-initialize a backing store in a data storage system. More specifically, when all snapshots associated with a specified backing store are either being deleted or are marked for deletion the backing store is re-initialized rather than deleting each snapshot independently. The re-initialization of the backing store provides for a quicker way to delete all snapshots than can be achieved by deleting each snapshot independently.
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Lee Kent
Rodriguez Elizabeth G.
Vu Ngoclan Thi
Wayda James George
Dot Hill Systems Corporation
Ellsworth Matthew Ryan
Lavan Thomas J.
Peugh Brian
Simonetti Nicholas
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