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

Claim 9:
10. A method, comprising:
providing, in a memory device of a system update appliance, a Content Addressable Storage (CAS) space;
providing, in the memory device, a location addressable storage space;
partitioning the location addressable storage space into an object storage space and a device storage space;
storing, by the system update appliance, a first device entry in the device storage space, the first device entry being associated with a device external to the system update appliance, the first device entry including a first component entry for a component of the device, the component operating based upon a first update, the first component entry including a first pointer to a first record stored in the CAS space; and
storing 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 an update repository, and a third pointer to the object storage space, wherein the update repository includes the first update, 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.