Patent ID: 7681011
Filing Date: 2010-03-16
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of partitioning data comprising: identifying a set of updates indicative of updated management information in a storage array, the storage array including a plurality of storage objects; identifying, for each of the updates, a storage object to which the updates correspond; computing a subset of the storage objects in the storage array; determining, for each of the identified updates, if the updates correspond to the computed subset of storage objects; updating a SAN managed object database (MODB) using the updates corresponding to the computed subset of storage objects; defining a series of partitions inclusive of subranges of the storage objects in the storage array; computing a threshold indicative of a need to partition; determining if the number of updates to the data set exceeds the computed threshold; and transmitting each of the partitions independently of the other partition.