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Methods and apparatus for increasing the storage capacity of a zone of a storage system

US7913051B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Assignee

EMC Corporation · US

Inventors

Stephen J. Todd · Shrewsbury, US
Tom Teugels · Schoten, BE
Jan F. Van Riel · Geel, BE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 22, 2006
Grant date	Mar 22, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 13, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F16/137
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Some embodiments are directed to a technique for storing and/or locating content units stored on an object addressable storage (OAS) system, wherein each content unit is identified by an object identifier. The OAS system may comprise a plurality of zones, each of which stores content units. A mapping process may be defined that maps object identifiers for content units to zones on the OAS system. Thus, the storage location for a content unit on the OAS system may be the zone on the OAS system to which the object identifier for the content unit maps.

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