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

Bent, John M.; Faibish, Sorin; Grider, Gary; Settlemyer, Bradley W.

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

Abstract

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.

Inventors:: Bent, John M.; Faibish, Sorin; Grider, Gary; Settlemyer, Bradley W.

Issue Date:: 2019-08-20

Research Org.:: Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1568751

Patent Number(s):: 10387384

Application Number:: 14/870,975

Assignee:: EMC IP Holding Company LLC (Hopkinton, MA); Triad National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, NM)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: G - PHYSICS G06 - COMPUTING G06F - ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING

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G - PHYSICS G06 - COMPUTING G06F - ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
G06F16/166 - {File name conversion}
G06F16/185 - Hierarchical storage management [HSM] systems, e.g. file migration or policies thereof
G06F16/2246 - {Trees, e.g. B+trees}
G06F16/148 - {File search processing}
G06F16/164 - {File meta data generation}

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DOE Contract Number:: AC52-06NA25396

Resource Type:: Patent

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 09/30/2015

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 97 MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING; 99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS

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                    Bent, John M., Faibish, Sorin, Grider, Gary, and Settlemyer, Bradley W. Method and system for semantic metadata compression in a two-tier storage system using copy-on-write.  United States: N. p., 2019. 
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