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System of compressing the tail of a sparse log stream of a computer system

  • US 5,956,735 A
  • Filed: 03/28/1997
  • Issued: 09/21/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/28/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A log stream compression system comprising:

  • a compressible set of entries, said compressible set comprising a plurality of entries of said log stream, said plurality of entries comprising one or more, but less than all, active entries of said log stream; and

    a system adapted to rewrite one or more active entries of said compressible set, located at one or more first locations of said log stream, to one or more second locations, the rewriting occurring when said log stream includes a determined amount of reusable space.

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