Flushless transactional layer
US9778879B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 23, 2015 |
| Grant date | Oct 3, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 23, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2212/311
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Writing data to storage utilizing a diverged thread for asynchronous write operations is provided. On a first thread, an analysis engine analyzes and identifies changed information to write to storage and an I/O manager copies the writes into buffers and places the buffers into a queue, while on a second thread, a flushless transactional layer (FTL) drive executes the writes to storage. By allowing the analysis to continue and enqueue writes on a first thread while the writes are written to storage on a second thread, the CPU and I/O of the system are utilized in parallel. Accordingly, efficiency of the computing device is improved.
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