Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Tracking memory space in a storage system
- Patent Title (中): 跟踪存储系统中的内存空间
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Application No.: US12261069Application Date: 2008-10-30
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Publication No.: US08312242B2Publication Date: 2012-11-13
- Inventor: Corene Casper , Terence M. Rokop , Samuel Revitch
- Applicant: Corene Casper , Terence M. Rokop , Samuel Revitch
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Main IPC: G06F12/00
- IPC: G06F12/00
Abstract:
One embodiment is a method that uses a hierarchical bitmap tree in a storage system to store where available and unavailable memory space exists. Bitmap blocks are retrieved from the hierarchical bitmap tree to locate the available memory space.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100125583A1 Tracking Memory Space in a Storage System Public/Granted day:2010-05-20
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