Patent ID: 11928084
Assignee: nan
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 7:
8. A storage processing system configured to control a data storage device and further configured to perform a process including:
partitioning the data storage device into a plurality sections that are initially unused and are dedicated to an append log for metadata that the storage processing system uses;
identifying a condition or operation that affects the metadata that the storage processing system uses;
encoding the affected metadata as a first set of entities suitable for the append log;
storing the encoded entities in the append log beginning at a first of the sections so that the first section used;
identifying a next condition or operation that affects the metadata that the storage processing system uses;
encoding the metadata affected by the next condition or operation as a next set of entities suitable for the append log; and
storing the next set of encoded entities in the append log following a prior end of the append log.