Patent · US Active

Index management

US10169391B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Min Fang · Shanghai, CN
Di Jin · Beijing, CN
Zhen Yu Shi · Beijing, CN
Nigel G. Slinger · Los Gatos, US
Shu Wang · Beijing, CN
Li Fei Zheng · Campbell, US
Wen Jie Zhu · Beijing, CN

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 21, 2015
Grant date	Jan 1, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 19, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F16/2272
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

As disclosed herein a method, executed by a computer, includes storing, by one or more processors, entries associated with an index to a first buffer of at least two buffers allocated to the index, and moving, by a batch operation, by one or more processors, entries in the first buffer into an index page for the index in response to an entry movement condition being met. The method further includes storing, by one or more processors, new entries associated with the index to another buffer of the at least two buffers while moving the entries in the first buffer. A computer program product corresponding to the above method is also disclosed herein. A computer program product and computer system corresponding to the above method are also disclosed herein.

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