Creation and use of an efficiency set to estimate an amount of data stored in a data set of a storage system having one or more characteristics
US12014045B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 22, 2022 |
| Grant date | Jun 18, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 23, 2042 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F11/3442
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Systems and methods for sampling a set of block IDs to facilitate estimating an amount of data stored in a data set of a storage system having one or more characteristics are provided. According to an example, metadata (e.g., block headers and block IDs) may be maintained regarding multiple data blocks of the data set. When one or more metrics relating to the data set are desired, an efficiency set, representing a subset of the block IDs of the data set, may be created to facilitate efficient calculation of the metrics by sampling the block IDs of the data set. Finally, the metrics may be estimated based on the efficiency set by analyzing one or more of the metadata (e.g., block headers) and the data contained in the data blocks corresponding to the subset of the block IDs and extrapolating the metrics for the entirety of the data set.
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