Fast data copy using a data copy track table

A data structure, method, and computer system for fast data copy is provided which uses control structures in a data copy track table. The control structures include a physical location pointer, a physical location pointer flag, a forward track pointer and a backward source pointer. These control st...

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1. Verfasser: Beal, David G
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:A data structure, method, and computer system for fast data copy is provided which uses control structures in a data copy track table. The control structures include a physical location pointer, a physical location pointer flag, a forward track pointer and a backward source pointer. These control structures are used in an update-in-place architecture. Requests for source or target data updates do not require additional write cycles.