Merging data volumes and derivative versions of the data volumes
US8990526B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 6, 2011 |
| Grant date | Mar 24, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 6, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/2379
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Responsive to an instruction to collapse a derivative version of an ancestor data volume into the ancestor data volume, it is determined if a characteristic of the derivative version of the ancestor data volume satisfies a criteria relative to a characteristic of the ancestor data volume. If the characteristic of the derivative version satisfies the criteria, the ancestor data volume is merged into the derivative version of the underlying data to form an updated derivative version. The updated derivative version is established as the ancestor data volume.
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