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COMBINING VIRTUAL MAPPING METADATA AND PHYSICAL SPACE MAPPING METADATA

  • US 20150227468A1
  • Filed: 02/11/2014
  • Published: 08/13/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/11/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for combining virtual mapping metadata and physical space mapping metadata in a storage system by a processor device in a computing environment, the method comprising:

  • maintaining data and metadata into separate virtual streams, wherein the separate virtual streams include a metadata stream for the metadata and a data stream for the data; and

    linearly distributing within the metadata stream information of a mapping of logical data to a location on the data stream and a current state of unused spaces in the data stream.

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