Patent ID: 11947825
Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 16:
17. An information handling system, comprising:
a device including a component, the component operating based upon a first update;
an update repository that includes the first update; and
a system update appliance including at least one memory device having:
a Content Addressable Storage (CAS) space; and
a location addressable storage space, the location addressable storage space partitioned into an object storage space, and a device storage space;

wherein the appliance is configured to:
store a first device entry in the device storage space, the first device entry being associated with the device, the first device entry including a first component entry for the component, the first component entry including a first pointer to a first record stored in the CAS space; and
store the first record in the CAS space, the first record being associated with a combination of the component and the first update, a second pointer to the update repository, and a third pointer to the object storage space, and wherein when the first update is stored in the object storage space, the third pointer includes a first address of the first update in the object storage space.