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Efficiently shrinking a dynamically-sized volume

US9933945B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateSep 30, 2016
Grant dateApr 3, 2018
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Expiry dateSep 30, 2036

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F3/0647
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Techniques for shrinking a filesystem backed by a volume identify slices in the volume to be evacuated in order to reach a target size, identify a target endpoint in the volume, and evacuate identified slices to available locations prior to the target endpoint. The same data is typically not moved from slice to slice multiple times.

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