Granted Patent
B2
US 12,373,303 · App. 18/761,956 · Granted Jul 29, 2025
Incremental vault to object store
Assignee:
Google LLC
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Abstract
A method includes receives data representing a changed chunk of data in a current revision of a data volume, the changed chunk includes data having changes from previous data of a previous revision of the data volume. The method creates a block of data representing the changed chunk of data on the object store, the object store also stores previous revision data of the previous revision. The method determines a previous index stored on the object store corresponding to the previous revision, which includes entries including at least one corresponding to the previous revision data. The method creates a revised index that updates the corresponding entry with updated entry data representing the changed chunk of data. The method includes deleting, from the object store, each particular block of data stored on the object store that is no longer associated with an entry on any index stored on the object store.
Claims (46)
1. A computer-implemented method executed by data processing hardware that causes the data processing hardware to perform operations comprising:
receiving a request to delete an intermediate revision of a plurality of revisions of a data volume stored on a storage device;
retrieving a set of indexes from a plurality of indexes, the set of indexes comprising:
a first data entry corresponding to the intermediate revision of the data volume;
a second data entry corresponding to a prior revision of the data volume representing data revised prior to the intermediate revision; and
a third data entry corresponding to a subsequent revision of the data volume representing data revised after the intermediate revision;
determining, based on the retrieved set of indexes, that the first data entry is the same as the second data entry or the third data entry;
based on determining that the first data entry is the same as the second data entry or the third data entry, determining that the first data entry is required to reconstruct the second data entry or the third data entry; and
based on determining that the first data entry is required to reconstruct the second data entry or the third data entry, rejecting the request to delete the intermediate revision.
2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the intermediate revision comprises multiple intermediate revisions.
3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise restoring the intermediate revision of the data volume stored on the storage device.
4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein restoring the intermediate revision of the data volume stored on the storage device comprises:
receiving a request to restore the intermediate revision of the data volume stored on the storage device;
retrieving a revised index corresponding to the intermediate revision of the data volume and an earlier index corresponding to an existing revision of the data volume on the storage device;
identifying a set of changed blocks stored on the storage device corresponding to entries in the revised index, the set of changed blocks being blocks of data representing data that has changed since the existing revision of the data volume on the storage device; and
retrieving the set of changed blocks.
5. The computer-implemented method of claim 4 , wherein the set of changed blocks corresponds to index entries in the revised index that differ from the corresponding index entries in the earlier index.
6. The computer-implemented method of claim 5 , wherein the operations further comprise copying the set of changed blocks to the storage device thereby restoring the storage device to the intermediate revision of the data volume.
7. The computer-implemented method of claim 5 , wherein the operations further comprise mounting the set of changed blocks to be accessible by the storage device.
8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise determining a space reclamation amount associated with deleting the intermediate revision.
9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein rejecting the request to delete the intermediate revision is further based on a retention policy.
10. The computer-implemented method of claim 9 , wherein the retention policy comprises a write once read many (WORM) protection.
11. A system comprising:
data processing hardware; and
memory hardware in communication with the data processing hardware and storing instructions that, when executed on the data processing hardware, causes the data processing hardware to perform operations comprising:
receiving a request to delete an intermediate revision of a plurality of revisions of a data volume stored on a storage device;
retrieving a set of indexes from a plurality of indexes, the set of indexes comprising:
a first data entry corresponding to the intermediate revision of the data volume;
a second data entry corresponding to a prior revision of the data volume representing data revised prior to the intermediate revision; and
a third data entry corresponding to a subsequent revision of the data volume representing data revised after the intermediate revision;
determining, based on the retrieved set of indexes, that the first data entry is the same as the second data entry or the third data entry;
based on determining that the first data entry is the same as the second data entry or the third data entry, determining that the first data entry is required to reconstruct the second data entry or the third data entry; and
based on determining that the first data entry is required to reconstruct the second data entry or the third data entry, rejecting the request to delete the intermediate revision.
12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the intermediate revision comprises multiple intermediate revisions.
13. The system of claim 11 , wherein the operations further comprise restoring the intermediate revision of the data volume stored on the storage device.
14. The system of claim 11 , wherein restoring the intermediate revision of the data volume stored on the storage device comprises:
receiving a request to restore the intermediate revision of the data volume stored on the storage device;
retrieving a revised index corresponding to the intermediate revision of the data volume and an earlier index corresponding to an existing revision of the data volume on the storage device;
identifying a set of changed blocks stored on the storage device corresponding to entries in the revised index, the set of changed blocks being blocks of data representing data that has changed since the existing revision of the data volume on the storage device; and
retrieving the set of changed blocks.
15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the set of changed blocks corresponds to index entries in the revised index that differ from the corresponding index entries in the earlier index.
16. The system of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise copying the set of changed blocks to the storage device thereby restoring the storage device to the intermediate revision of the data volume.
17. The system of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise mounting the set of changed blocks to be accessible by the storage device.
18. The system of claim 11 , wherein the operations further comprise determining a space reclamation amount associated with deleting the intermediate revision.
19. The system of claim 11 , wherein rejecting the request to delete the intermediate revision is further based on a retention policy.
20. The system of claim 19 , wherein the retention policy comprises a write once read many (WORM) protection.
Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST
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From: MURPHY, CHRISTOPHER
To: ACTIFIO, INC.
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST
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From: ACTIFIO, INC.
To: GOOGLE LLC
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Continuity (5)
Provisional Application
62565683
· Sep 29, 2017
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