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Method and system for semantic metadata compression in a two-tier storage system using copy-on-write

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1568751

Example embodiments of the present invention relate to a method, a system, and a computer program product for managing metadata. The method includes determining a common characteristic of metadata entries for a plurality of files in a directory of a file system and computing a representative metadata entry for the plurality of metadata entries according to the common characteristic of the metadata entries. The plurality of metadata entries in the file system then may be represented according to the computed representative metadata entry.

Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC52-06NA25396
Assignee:
EMC IP Holding Company LLC (Hopkinton, MA); Triad National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, NM)
Patent Number(s):
10,387,384
Application Number:
14/870,975
OSTI ID:
1568751
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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