Methods and apparatus for recording write requests directed to a data store
First Claim
1. A method for recording write requests directed to a data store, the method comprising:
- recording in at least one first database table a plurality of write request entries, each write request entry comprising information relating to a write request that was directed to a data store;
maintaining, for each first database table, at least one record in a second database table, the one or more records comprising data representing the effects of the write requests on a state of at least one portion of the data store; and
updating, each time that one write request entry is recorded in one first database table, at least one record in the second database table.
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Abstract
A storage management device records write requests that are directed to a data store. In one embodiment, the storage management device records a plurality of write request entries, each one of which includes information relating to a write request, in at least one first database table, and maintains, for each first database table, at least one record in a second database table. The one or more records in the second database table include data representing the effects of the write requests on a state of at least one portion of the data store. In one such embodiment, each time that one write request entry is recorded in one first database table, the storage management device updates at least one record in the second database table.
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33 Claims
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1. A method for recording write requests directed to a data store, the method comprising:
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recording in at least one first database table a plurality of write request entries, each write request entry comprising information relating to a write request that was directed to a data store;
maintaining, for each first database table, at least one record in a second database table, the one or more records comprising data representing the effects of the write requests on a state of at least one portion of the data store; and
updating, each time that one write request entry is recorded in one first database table, at least one record in the second database table. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A device for recording write requests directed to a data store, the device comprising:
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at least one first database table for recording a plurality of write request entries, each write request entry comprising information relating to a write request that was directed to a data store;
a second database table comprising at least one record for each first database table, the one or more records comprising data representing the effects of the write requests on a state of at least one portion of the data store; and
an updating module for updating, each time that one write request entry is recorded in one first database table, at least one record in the second database table.
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