NetApp, Inc. (20240403173). RESTARTING A STORAGE OPERATION UTILIZING AN INSTANCE METAFILE
RESTARTING A STORAGE OPERATION UTILIZING AN INSTANCE METAFILE
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Sanhita Praveen Dhavale of San Jose CA (US)
Tijin George of San Jose CA (US)
Allan Jessie Sur of Union City CA (US)
RESTARTING A STORAGE OPERATION UTILIZING AN INSTANCE METAFILE
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20240403173 titled 'RESTARTING A STORAGE OPERATION UTILIZING AN INSTANCE METAFILE
Original Abstract Submitted
techniques are provided for a data format for efficient management of checkpoint support. the data format corresponds to a base metafile and a set of instance metafiles used to track storage operations such as a directory restore operation. the base metafile and the set of instance metafiles can be used to resume the storage operation from where the storage operation left off in the event of a failure. the base metafile and the set of instance metafiles can be used to track progress of the storage operation processing objects stored within an object store of a cloud storage environment.
