US Patent Application 17660330. METHOD TO SUPPORT TEMPORARY NAMESPACE IN A DEDUPLICATION FILESYSTEM simplified abstract
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METHOD TO SUPPORT TEMPORARY NAMESPACE IN A DEDUPLICATION FILESYSTEM
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Inventor(s)
Nitin Madan of CUPERTINO CA (US)
Neerajkumar N. Chourasia of SAN RAMON CA (US)
METHOD TO SUPPORT TEMPORARY NAMESPACE IN A DEDUPLICATION FILESYSTEM - A simplified explanation of the abstract
- This abstract for appeared for US patent application number 17660330 Titled 'METHOD TO SUPPORT TEMPORARY NAMESPACE IN A DEDUPLICATION FILESYSTEM'
Simplified Explanation
The abstract describes a method for efficiently managing namespaces in a deduplication filesystem. A namespace is a way to organize and store data in the filesystem. The method involves adding a 'temporary' flag to a namespace when it is created, and a 'delete' flag when it needs to be deleted. When the maximum number of namespaces allowed by the filesystem is reached, the method deletes another namespace that has both the 'temporary' and 'delete' flags. This allows for efficient use of the non-volatile random-access memory (NVRAM) and ensures compliance with the filesystem's requirements for the maximum number of namespaces.
Original Abstract Submitted
One example method includes creating a namespace of a deduplication filesystem, adding a ‘temporary’ flag to the namespace, adding a ‘delete’ flag to the namespace when the namespace is to be deleted, and when a maximum number of namespaces permitted by the deduplication filesystem has been reached due to the creating of the namespace, deleting another namespace bearing a ‘temporary’ flag and a ‘delete’ flag. In this way, efficient use may be made of the NVRAM, while also maintaining compliance with deduplication filesystem requirements concerning the maximum number of permitted namespaces.
