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Request processing for stateless conformance engine

US8321867B1 · kind B1 · utility

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5References

23Claims

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Assignee

Network Appliance, Inc. · US

Inventors

James Hartwell Holl, II · Los Gatos, US
Peter L. Smoot · San Jose, US
Sahn Lam · Daly City, US
Anawat Chanhunthod · Saratoga, US
Hemanth Kumar Pannem · Palo Alto, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 24, 2008
Grant date	Nov 27, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 14, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F11/3051
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and an apparatus to increase conformance of a storage implementation of a data set to a storage policy are presented. In one embodiment, the method includes performing a conformance check of a data set state and an associated data management policy. The method includes identifying a set of tasks that can be performed to increase conformance of the data set state to the associated policy, and generating a task list using tasks from the set of tasks. The method further includes outputting an indication of the task list to a user and accepting from the user an approval of the task list before generating and executing a second task list.

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