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Checkpoints management by a memory controller

US12079209B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Assignee

Pliops Ltd. · IL

Inventors

Shmuel Dashevsky · Ramat Gan, IL
Moshe Twitto · Ramat Gan, IL
Yuval Rochman · Ramat Gan, IL
Iddo Naiss · Ramat Gan, IL

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 24, 2020
Grant date	Sep 3, 2024
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 3, 2041

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F16/24573
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for managing multiple checkpoints stored in a memory unit, the method may include (a) managing a checkpoint tree, by a memory controller; the checkpoint tree comprises reference nodes and active nodes; wherein a reference node of the reference nodes holds a snapshot of a parent checkpoint taken at the time that a child checkpoint was created from the parent checkpoint; wherein an active node of the active nodes that is associated with the parent node stores changes to the parent checkpoint introduced after a creation of the active node; and wherein the parent checkpoint and the child checkpoint belong to multiple checkpoints stored in the checkpoint tree; (b) receiving access requests to access key value (KV) pairs of one or more checkpoints of the multiple checkpoints; and (c) responding to the access requests based, at least in part, on the checkpoint tree.

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