MERGING CONTAINERS IN A MULTI-CONTAINER SYSTEM

MERGING CONTAINERS IN A MULTI-CONTAINER SYSTEM

An apparatus and method for merging the data of a first container and a second container into a target container that includes at least one block having a plurality of extents to store data objects. The apparatus may include a storage sever coupled to a plurality of storage devices. The storage serv...

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Hauptverfasser: GORDON COLIN STEBBINS, SINGH PRATAP VIKRAM, TRIMMER DONALD ALVIN
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
PHYSICS
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Zusammenfassung:An apparatus and method for merging the data of a first container and a second container into a target container that includes at least one block having a plurality of extents to store data objects. The apparatus may include a storage sever coupled to a plurality of storage devices. The storage server is configured to merge multiple data objects of the plurality of containers that store a data object per each container into a target container that stores multiple data objects within the target container.