System and method for lazy-copy sub-volume load balancing in...

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2007-03-27

2007-03-27

Leroux, Etienne P. (Department: 2161)

Data processing: database and file management or data structures

Database design

Data structure types

C707S793000, C707S793000, C707S793000

Reexamination Certificate

active

10361303

ABSTRACT:
A system and method for lazy-copy sub-volume load balancing a networked attached storage pool is provided. The system and method create a qtree on a destination file server and performs a lazy-copy of the data from the source qtree to the sparse volume qtree.

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