System and method for managing file data during consistency points
US7401093B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 10, 2003 |
| Grant date | Jul 15, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 17, 2025 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S707/99953
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method for managing file data during consistency points in a file system is provided. A buffer data control structure is modified to include a flags array that tracks various status flags for both a current and a next consistency point (CP). By utilizing multiple pointers within a buffer control structure, the file system may permit write operations to continue to a file undergoing write allocation. Received writes during a write allocation procedure are stored in raw data buffers and the buffer control structure is marked as being dirty for a next CP.
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