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Merging data volumes and derivative versions of the data volumes

US9411871B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 19, 2015
Grant dateAug 9, 2016
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Expiry dateOct 19, 2035

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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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