Patent ID: 11899646
Assignee: SNOWFLAKE INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 18:
19. The method of claim 18, further comprising:
generating a new version of the set of EP files on the internal storage;
generating new EP file data persistence object that maps the new version of set of EP files to new set of manifest files on the external volume;
generating a new set of manifest files of the particular table on the external volume, the new set of manifest files corresponding to the new set of data files;
generating new manifest list based on the new set of manifest files on the external volume;
generating a new metadata file that points to the new manifest list on the external volume; and
generating a new row in an external metadata file table that includes at least a location of the new metadata file on the external volume and a new snapshot identifier (ID) of the particular table on the external volume, the new snapshot ID corresponding to a new table version tracked by the internal storage.