System and method for expanding a log structure in a disk array
US6507890B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 29, 2000 |
| Grant date | Jan 14, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 28, 2021 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F11/1096
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method for expanding a log structure in a disk array, the disk array being expanded from M-width to N-width, the disk array including a storage level, the log structure including one or more sequential used segments, the one or more sequential used segments including live data, locates one or more sequential used segments, writes live data from the one or more located segments to the storage level, enlarges the size of the one or more located segments from M-width to N-width, and places the one or more enlarged segments on a first free segment list.
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