DATA STORAGE SPACE CONFIGURATION OF A HARD DISK DRIVE AND METHOD OF CONFIGURING DATA STORAGE SPACE OF A HARD DRIVE TO LIMIT SEEK DISTANCES DURING DATABASE METADATA UPDATES

A data storage space configuration of a hard disk drive comprises a plurality of zones in which each one of the plurality of zones stores customer data. The data storage space configuration further comprises a plurality of database metadata storage spaces allocated in the plurality of zones, wherein...

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1. Verfasser: Fischer Matthew James
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Zusammenfassung:A data storage space configuration of a hard disk drive comprises a plurality of zones in which each one of the plurality of zones stores customer data. The data storage space configuration further comprises a plurality of database metadata storage spaces allocated in the plurality of zones, wherein the number of database metadata storage spaces is less than or equal to the number of zones. The database metadata may comprise temporary metadata. The database metadata may comprise write-ahead log (WAL) metadata. The database metadata may comprise staged-write (DEPOT) metadata for the purpose of interrupted write recovery.