System and method for managing file metadata during consistency points

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7783611
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10705025

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A system and method for enabling write operations to files undergoing write allocation is provided. The system and method generate a shadow state entry of metadata associated with an inode of the file upon receipt of a write operation. During the write allocation process for the inode, the shadow state information is merged with the data stored in the inode to be written to disk.

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  • NETAPP, INC.;NETWORK APPLIANCE, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Fair, Robert L Cary, US 54 1222
Hamilton, Eric Durham, US 50 1030
Kimmel, Jeffrey S Chapel Hill, US 87 3887
Prakash, Ashish Morrisville, US 33 2203

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