Patent ID: 9195578
Filing Date: 2015-11-24
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of information storage in an information technology environment, the method comprising: storing data in a storage class memory (SCM) space including a partition for an SCM header area including a slab class table comprising information describing metadata for a slab class, and a partition for an SCM data area for storing the data; storing storage management metadata corresponding to the data, in the SCM header area of the SCM space in a first data structure, wherein the first data structure further stores allocation information; buffering the storage management metadata corresponding to the data, into a second data structure in a main memory, wherein the first data structure in the SCM space for the storage management metadata has a different format than the second data structure in the main memory for the storage management metadata, and wherein the second data structure comprises at least a slab class data structure that includes: in response to a storage space allocation request: