Patent ID: 11966361
Assignee: NETAPP, INC.
Field: nan (nan)
Classification: CPC nan | IPC G  H

Claim 16:
17. A computing device comprising:
a memory comprising machine executable code for performing a method; and
a processor coupled to the memory, the processor configured to execute the machine executable code to cause the processor to:
in response to receiving a restore request for a data collection and a snapshot, identify a snapshot key-value store for the data collection and an identifier of the snapshot;
utilize a global map, tracking snapshots that are represented in the key-value store, to retrieve records from the key-value store using the identifier of the snapshot as a key prefix for identify the records that include a snapshot metadata record comprising inode attributes of the data collection; and
communicate a data file of the snapshot through a buffer and communicating the records to the restore target to restore the data collection based upon the snapshot.