Method and system supporting per-file and per-block replication

Details Method and system supporting per-file and per-block replication Method and system supporting per-file and per-block replication

2011-01-18

2011-01-18

Kim, Matt (Department: 2186)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory

Storage accessing and control

Control technique

C711SE12001

Reexamination Certificate

active

07873799

ABSTRACT:
A method for writing data to a storage pool, involving receiving a first write operation to write a first block to the storage pool, determining a first replication type for the first block using a first replication policy associated with the first block, determining a first number of physical blocks required to write the first block to the storage pool using a size of the first block and the first replication type, and writing the first block, in accordance with the first replication policy, to the storage pool by filling in the first number of physical blocks.

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