System and method for managing file data during consistency points

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7979402
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12771477

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A system and method for managing data during consistency points in a storage system is provided. A buffer data control structure is modified to include a flags array that tracks various status flags for both a current and a next consistency point (CP). By utilizing multiple pointers within a buffer control structure, the storage system may permit write operations to continue to a data container undergoing write allocation. Received writes during a write allocation procedure are stored in raw data buffers and the buffer control structure is marked as being dirty for a next CP.

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NETAPP INCSAN JOSE CA

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Fair, Robert L Cary, US 54 1300
Hamilton, Eric Durham, US 51 1100
Kimmel, Jeffrey S Chapel Hill, US 87 4373
Prakash, Ashish Morrisville, US 33 2407

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