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COMPRESSED STORAGE MANAGEMENT

  • US 20090112949A1
  • Filed: 10/31/2007
  • Published: 04/30/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. One or more computer storage media having stored thereon multiple instructions to manage a storage resource in a system, the multiple instructions, when executed by one or more processors in the system, causing the one or more processors to:

  • determine which one or more data units of multiple data units stored in an uncompressed portion of the storage resource are to be compressed and stored in a compressed portion of the storage resource;

    compress the one or more data units;

    store the compressed one or more data units in the compressed portion of the storage device;

    return one or more regions of the compressed portion for use in the uncompressed portion in response to storage resource pressure in the system; and

    compact regions in the compressed portion to fill empty gaps in the compressed portion.

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