- Patent Title: Method, device and computer program product for deleting snapshots
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Application No.: US16238710Application Date: 2019-01-03
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Publication No.: US11100047B2Publication Date: 2021-08-24
- Inventor: Shuo Lv , Huan Chen , Guoyu Hu , Chao Han , Qiaosheng Zhou , Jian Liu , Chen Gong , Congyue Gu
- Applicant: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
- Applicant Address: US MA Hopkinton
- Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
- Current Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Hopkinton
- Agency: BainwoodHuang
- Priority: CN201810360804.0 20180420
- Main IPC: G06F16/00
- IPC: G06F16/00 ; G06F16/16 ; G06F11/14 ; G06F16/11

Abstract:
Techniques delete snapshots. The techniques involve: in response to a data block to which a plurality of snapshots of a file to be deleted point being shared, determining whether a physical address of the data block to which the plurality of snapshots to be deleted point is the same as a target physical address of a data block to which a target snapshot of the file points. The techniques further involve: in response to the physical address of the data block to which the plurality of snapshots to be deleted point being the same as the target physical address, setting flag bits associated with the plurality of snapshots to be deleted to a first state. The techniques further involve: in response to detecting the first state, updating a target weight with a sum of weights of the plurality of snapshots to be deleted (e.g., respective quotas).
Public/Granted literature
- US20190324947A1 METHOD, DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR DELETING SNAPSHOTS Public/Granted day:2019-10-24
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