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Apparatus and method for managing data storage

US8326897B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Henry Esmond Butterworth · Rue Basse-Henne, GB
Ian David Judd · Winchester, GB

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 18, 2008
Grant date	Dec 4, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 30, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F2212/62
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus for controlling a log-structured data storage system, operable with a first log-structured data storage area for storing data, comprises a metadata storage component for controlling the first log-structured data storage area and comprising a second log-structured data storage area for storing metadata; and means for nesting the second log-structured data storage area for storing metadata within the first log-structured data storage area. The apparatus may further comprise at least a third log-structured data storage area for storing further metadata, and means for nesting the at least a third log-structured data storage area within the second log-structured data storage area.

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