System and method for reducing reference count update contention in metadata blocks
US11467963B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 12, 2020 |
| Grant date | Oct 11, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 3, 2040 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2212/621
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method, computer program product, and computing system for receiving, at a node of a multi-node storage system, one or more updates to a reference count associated with a metadata block. One or more reference count deltas associated with the metadata block may be stored in a cache memory system of the node. An existing copy of the metadata block in a cache memory system of each other node of the multi-node storage system may be retained.
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