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METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR QUICKLY ACCESSING BACKING STORE METADATA

  • US 20080177954A1
  • Filed: 01/18/2007
  • Published: 07/24/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/18/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of accessing metadata from a storage device, comprising:

  • a first application requesting metadata;

    a cache application retrieving the requested metadata from a storage device;

    writing the metadata from the storage device to an allocated cache page;

    the first application assuming control of the cache page with the metadata written thereon;

    the first application locking the cache page, wherein locking comprises restricting access to the cache page; and

    the first application accessing the metadata from the locked cache page.

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