Patent · US Active

Snapshot storage and management within an object store

US11144503B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims

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Assignee

NetApp, Inc. · US

Inventors

Tijin George · Sunnyvale, US
Jagavar Nehra · Kanchinakote, IN
Roopesh Chuggani · Bengaluru, IN
Dnyaneshwar Nagorao Pawar · Kanchinakote, IN
Atul Ramesh Pandit · Campbell, US
Anil Kumar Ponnapur · Sunnyvale, US
Jose Mathew · Mumbai, IN
Sriram Venketaraman · Bengaluru, IN

Key dates

Filing date	May 2, 2019
Grant date	Oct 12, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 20, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F2201/84
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Techniques are provided for an object file system for an object store. Data, maintained by a computing device, is stored into slots of an object. The data within the slots of the object is represented as a data structure comprising a plurality of nodes comprising cloud block numbers used to identify the object and particular slots of the object. A mapping metafile is maintained to map block numbers used to store the data by the computing device to cloud block numbers of nodes representing portion of the data stored within slots of the object. The object is stored into the object store, and the mapping metafile and the data structure are used to provide access through the object file system to portions of data within the object.

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