Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and system for using a block allocation policy
- Patent Title (中): 使用块分配策略的方法和系统
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Application No.: US11407637Application Date: 2006-04-20
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Publication No.: US07899989B2Publication Date: 2011-03-01
- Inventor: William H. Moore , Jeffrey S. Bonwick
- Applicant: William H. Moore , Jeffrey S. Bonwick
- Applicant Address: US CA Redwood City
- Assignee: Oracle America, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Oracle America, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Redwood City
- Agency: Osha • Liang LLP
- Main IPC: G06F12/08
- IPC: G06F12/08

Abstract:
A method for writing a logical block into a storage pool includes receiving a request to write the logical block, selecting a block allocation policy, by a file system associated with the storage pool, from a set of allocation policies, obtaining a list of free physical blocks in the storage pool, allocating a physical block from the list of free physical blocks, based on the block allocation policy, and writing the logical block to the physical block.
Public/Granted literature
- US20070106865A1 Method and system for using a block allocation policy Public/Granted day:2007-05-10
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