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Determining effective space utilization in a storage system

US10521151B1 · kind B1 · utility

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20Claims

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Assignee

PURE STORAGE, INC. · US

Inventors

MATTHEW FAY · Mountain View, US
John Colgrove · Los Altos, US
Martin Harriman · Capitola, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 5, 2018
Grant date	Dec 31, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 2, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F3/065
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Determining effective space utilization in a storage system, including: identifying an amount of data stored within the storage system that is associated with a user-visible entity; identifying an amount of data stored within the storage system that is associated with all snapshots of the user-visible entity; and reporting, in dependence upon the amount of data stored within the storage system that is associated with the user-visible entity and the amount of data stored within the storage system that is associated with all snapshots of the user-visible entity, a total capacity utilization associated with the user-visible entity.

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