System and method of an efficient snapshot for shared large...

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory – Storage accessing and control – Control technique

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C711S162000, C711S114000

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07085899

ABSTRACT:
An efficient snapshot technique based on a mapping for a large logical volume shared in multiple hosts. According to the present invention, problems of time delays in a conventional snapshot technique is solved by employing a FAB and an SSB, which are bits representing whether a COW operation is carried out to a mapping entry. In other words, the present invention solves the problems of delaying a write operation of corresponding volume, which is simultaneously executed when a snapshot is created, until the snapshot creation is completed.

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Suresh B. Siddha, et al.; “A Persistent Snapshot Device Driver for Linux”; IP20030063.

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