Efficient copying of data in a storage system
US11422714B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 28, 2021 |
| Grant date | Aug 23, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 28, 2041 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F3/0689
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Optimizing copy operations in a storage array, including: receiving a plurality of copy operations; detecting a triggering event that causes a storage array controller to initiate execution of the plurality of copy operations; and combining, in dependence upon a metadata optimization policy, the plurality of copy operations into a single copy operation.
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