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US20090327371 Storage control device  
The storage control device includes: a control unit that stores a data file that includes main data and file information in a write-once type storage medium having a data information area...
US20090327625 MANAGING METADATA FOR DATA BLOCKS USED IN A DEDUPLICATION SYSTEM  
Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture for managing metadata for data blocks used in a deduplication system. File metadata is maintained for files having data blocks in a...
US20090327367 Common Block Storage Infrastructure  
Common block storage infrastructure techniques are described in which files are created through interaction with a file system to reserve extents in a volume on behalf of volume storage drivers,...
US20090327370 DEFRAGMENTATION OF DIGITAL STORAGE MEDIA  
The invention concerns a technique for defragmenting digital storage media (disks). The invention is based on a filter driver or corresponding technology receiving all I/O to and/or from the file...
US20090327369 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTI-FORMAT DATA EXCHANGE  
Multi-format file transfer can be accomplished, without the need for storing files in each of a plurality of formats, by linking a plurality asset-containing first folders ( 16 1 - 16 m ), each...
US20090327635 Data security for use with a file system  
An embodiment of the invention provides an apparatus and method for providing data security for use with a file system. The apparatus and method performs acts including: applying a mapping function...
US20090327368 Dynamic Write Balancing in a Data Storage System  
Available storage locations are identified by searching through a free blocks object non-sequentially. The free blocks object may be logically divided into sections, and the sections may be...
US20090319587 MEMORY CONTROLLER, NONVOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE, AND NONVOLATILE MEMORY SYSTEM  
An access device 150 designates a file ID for directly specifying file data to a nonvolatile memory device 120 A at the time of writing file data. A file physical management part 105 in the...
US20090319585 APPLICATION-AWARE AND REMOTE SINGLE INSTANCE DATA MANAGEMENT  
A method and system for reducing storage requirements and speeding up storage operations by reducing the storage of redundant data includes receiving a request that identifies one or more files or...
US20090319586 NON-DISRUPTIVE FILE SYSTEM ELEMENT RECONFIGURATION ON DISK EXPANSION  
An apparatus is operable with a host and a data storage component for controlling expansion of storage, and comprises: an allocating component responsive to a user input for allocating an expanded...
US20090313289 Waveform Observing Apparatus and System Thereof  
There are provided a waveform observing apparatus and the system thereof in which, when a removable storage medium is inserted into the waveform observing apparatus to capture a copy of measured...
US20090313427 COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR REDUCING POWER CONSUMPTION OF STORAGE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME  
To optimize performance and power consumption of a storage system having many disk drives, the storage system contains a plurality of volumes. A first number of the volumes belong to a first volume...
US20090313312 Method of Enhancing De-Duplication Impact by Preferential Selection of Master Copy to be Retained  
A method and apparatus are provided for enhancing the impact of data de-duplication by preferential selection of the master copy to be retained based on current loads and performance metrics of the...
US20090307282 MERGING FILE DIRECTORIES  
A merge method includes determining whether a source item in a source file directory is a file or a subdirectory. If the source item is a file, any conflicting items in a destination file directory...
US20090307290 Database Journaling in a Multi-Node Environment  
A database spread over multiple nodes allows each node to store a journal recording changes made to the database and also allows a journaling component to manage the memory space available for...
US20090307291 SMART CARD STORAGE SYSTEM AND FILE MANAGEMENT METHOD THEREIN  
A smart card storage system, which comprises a storage region and a control unit, and a file management method therein. The storage region includes a FAT (File Allocation Table) storage region and...
US20090300710 UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS (USB) STORAGE DEVICE AND ACCESS CONTROL METHOD THEREOF  
The invention provides a USB storage device and an access control method thereof. An access control module is provided on the USB storage device. The storage space is divided into at least one data...
US20090300302 OFFLOADING STORAGE OPERATIONS TO STORAGE HARDWARE USING A SWITCH  
In a computer system with a disk array that has physical storage devices arranged as logical storage units and is capable of carrying out hardware storage operations on a per logical storage unit...
US20090300082 Method for memory space management  
A method for memory space management is disclosed. It uses a resident program loaded into an operation system or the controller of a storage device to monitor the storage space and the resource...
US20090300023 OFFLOADING STORAGE OPERATIONS TO STORAGE HARDWARE USING A THIRD PARTY SERVER  
In a computer system with a disk array that has physical storage devices arranged as logical storage units and is capable of carrying out hardware storage operations on a per logical storage unit...
US20090300084 SET PARTITIONING FOR ENCODING FILE SYSTEM ALLOCATION METADATA  
Methods for encoding file system metadata are described herein. According to one embodiment, a file system cache is maintained including information representing relationships between inodes and...
US20090292748 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING A STORAGE SYSTEM TO SUPPORT MULTIPLE VOLUME FORMATS SIMULTANEOUSLY  
A plurality of types of volumes are maintained, a volume being a logical arrangement of storage space on one or more data storage devices. A volume type field is used to designate the type of a...
US20090287751 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FILE RELOCATION  
A method and system for file relocation is provided. A file relocation system is connected to multiple storage devices. The system obtains a number of times that each of a number of files stored on...
US20090282091 FILE SYSTEM AND DATA MANAGEMENT METHOD  
A file system includes: a data controller that inverts logic of input data to convert the input data into accumulation data; a nonvolatile storage that has storage areas in which the accumulation...
US20090282209 Storage System, Storage Extent Release Method and Storage Apparatus  
This storage system has an allocation unit for allocating a storage extent in prescribed units to the dynamic logical volume upon storing the data sent from the host computer in the dynamic logical...
US20090282187 FLASH MEMORY DEVICE CAPABLE OF PREVENTING READ DISTURBANCE  
A storage has a first cache area temporarily storing one page data read from a flash memory, and a second cache area to which data of the first cache area is transferred. A controller stores data...
US20090282084 SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM FOR PROVIDING A REGIONALIZED FILE SYSTEM  
A system, method, and computer readable medium that facilitate operation of a file system capable of dividing an existing homogeneous file system into a series of regions, with each region...
US20090282195 METHOD OF MANAGING MEMORY STORAGE SPACE AND A COMPUTER SYSTEM  
A method of managing memory storage space and a computer system using the same are disclosed. The method is used for a computer comprising a storage device and an expansion slot. The method has the...
US20090276477 METHOD OF PARTITIONING A DATABASE  
The invention is directed towards a method of partitioning data in a database. The database is configured to be accessed by an entity. The method comprises the steps of defining a first partition...
US20090271458 DATA STORAGE SYSTEM AND STORING METHOD THEREOF  
A data storing method includes providing a storage space, receiving a data stream, establishing a cluster link when the data stream is stored into the storage space, and before the data stream is...
US20090271459 Method and system for responding to file system requests  
A system for responding to file system requests having file IDs comprising V, a volume identifier specifying the file system being accessed, and R, an integer, specifying the file within the file...
US20090265397 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PARTITIONING DATA BLOCKS  
A method and apparatus for increasing the speed at which a block of data can be partitioning into variable-length subblocks is provided. The method combines a relatively high-speed partitioning...
US20090265398 Adaptive Buffering of Database Server Response Data  
Aspects of the subject matter described herein relate to buffering database server response data. In aspects, a database driver receives a request for data from a requester such as an application....
US20090265401 Method, System and Computer Program Product for Shrinking a File System  
Computer implemented method, system and computer program product for shrinking a file system in a data processing system. A computer implemented method for shrinking a file system in a data...
US20090265400 EXTENSIBLE FILE SYSTEM  
An extensible file system format for portable storage media is provided. The extensible file system format includes the specification of primary and secondary directory entry types that may be...
US20090265506 STORAGE DEVICE  
A computing system and a storage device are provided. A computing system includes a first storage media, a second storage media having an input/output speed slower than that of the first storage...
US20090265399 SPACE RECOVERY WITH STORAGE MANAGEMENT COUPLED WITH A DEDUPLICATING STORAGE SYSTEM  
Provided are techniques for space recovery with storage management coupled with a deduplicating storage system. A notification is received that one or more data objects have been logically deleted...
US20090265394 File Storing Method, File Storage System, and Computer Readable Recording Medium Stored with Computer Program Executable on Master File Combination Device  
A coordinated application server acquires a specific file and an additional information concerning the specific file to be stored, identifies type information that indicates a type of contents of...
US20090254595 Data Storage Method and Related Device for an Electronic Device  
In order to prevent memory cells from being damaged, the present invention provides a data storage method for an electronic device including dividing a first section of a memory of the electronic...
US20090254851 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONDUCTING A SURVEY BY USING A WIRELESS DEVICE  
A method of conducting a survey by a wireless device having a memory circuit and a display screen, the wireless device being capable of wireless communication with a server during a connection...
US20090254594 TECHNIQUES TO ENHANCE DATABASE PERFORMANCE  
Techniques to enhance database performance are described. An apparatus may comprise an enhanced DBMS arranged to manage storage operations for tree data structures in a storage component. The...
US20090249056 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RETRIEVING NON-VOLATILE ITEMS IN PORTABLE TERMINAL  
Provided are an apparatus and a method for reducing a booting time by separately storing Non-Volatile (NV) items for at least one frequency band supported by a portable terminal in a non-volatile...
US20090248963 MEMORY CONTROLLER AND MEMORY SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME  
A memory system includes a memory system includes a nonvolatile memory including a memory space which is formatted from outside by an additional-write type file system, and a memory controller...
US20090248765 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A READ ONLY MODE FOR A PORTION OF A STORAGE SYSTEM  
In general, embodiments of the invention relate to reading data from and writing data to a storage system. Specifically, embodiments of the invention relate to a read only mode for a portion of a...
US20090248763 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECLAIMING UNUSED SPACE FROM A THINLY PROVISIONED DATA CONTAINER  
A method for operating a computer storage system maintains a client computer interacting with the storage system, the client computer storing data on a data storage device of the computer storage...
US20090248764 Implementing Dynamic Processor Allocation Based Upon Data Density  
Dynamic processor allocation is implemented based upon bitmap data density. A bitmap index is used to process the query. A bitmap is created for the query. The bitmap is partitioned into single I/O...
US20090240750 MEMORY SYSTEM AND DATA ACCESS METHOD  
Disclosed is a memory system including a storage device such a hard disk or flash memory, and an access method. The memory system includes: a storage device storing metadata; a file system...
US20090240749 DATA STORAGE SYSTEM, DATA STORAGE APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM  
A data storage system, apparatus, and computer readable medium are provided. The data storage system includes a storage which stores keywords including a character; data file receiver which...
US20090240748 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING AN IMAGE LEVEL SNAPSHOT AND FOR RESTORING PARTIAL VOLUME DATA  
The present invention relates to a method for performing an image level copy of an information store. The present invention comprises performing a snapshot of an information store that indexes the...
US20090234897 EFFICIENT HEAP UTILIZATION & PARTITIONING  
A method comprising calculating first and second allocation speeds respectively for at least a first space and a second space in a runtime environment's memory space; and partitioning the runtime...
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