Patents
US 12743233 B2: Accumulating I/O operations of data and checksums into a single combined I/O operation for implementation by an underlying storage device layer
- Granted
- 2026-09-22
- Filed
- 2024-01-08 application 18406767
- Type
- Utility · 17 claims
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Abstract
Techniques are provided for combining data block and checksum block I/O into a single I/O operation. Many storage systems utilize checksums to verify the integrity of data blocks stored within storage devices managed by a storage stack. However, when a storage system reads a data block from a storage device, a corresponding checksum must also be read to verify integrity of the data in the data block. This results in increased latency because two read operations are being processed through the storage stack and are being executed upon the storage device. To reduce this latency and improve I/O operations per second, a single combined I/O operation corresponding to a contiguous range of blocks including the data block and the checksum block is processed through the storage stack instead of two separate I/O operations. Additionally, I/O operation may be combined into a single request that is executed upon the storage device.
Source: PTBLXML, file of 2026-09-22 (ipgb20260922.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NetApp, Inc. 2,616 patents | US company or organization | San Jose, CA | NETAPP, INC. Federal lobbying client EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state NETAPP, INC. SEC filer EXACT medium confidence: identical full name, one of each nationally | PTBLXML, file of 2026-09-22 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Alastair Taylor | Livermore, CA | PTBLXML, file of 2026-09-22 | ||
| Suhas Girish Urkude | San Ramon, CA | PTBLXML, file of 2026-09-22 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| G06F | Electric digital data processing | G06F3/0659 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-09-22 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
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