Creating a structurally aware block storage system
US10606495B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 3, 2018 |
| Grant date | Mar 31, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 3, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2009/45583
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A computer-implemented method according to one embodiment includes creating, at a block storage system separate from a host system, a structural representation of image layer data utilized at the host system, mapping the structural representation created at the block storage system to the image layer data utilized at the host system, and performing one or more operations on the image layer data, utilizing the structural representation created at the block storage system.
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