System and method for content addressable storage system update appliance

A method, comprising:

• providing, in a memory device of a system update appliance, a Content Addressable Storage (CAS) space, wherein objects stored in the CAS space are accessed based upon a hash;
• providing, in the memory device, a location addressable storage space, wherein objects stored in the location addressable storage space are accessed based upon location addresses of the objects in the location addressable storage space;
• partitioning the location addressable storage space into an object storage space and a device storage space;
• storing, by a processor of 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 at a first version level, the first update including first code utilized by the component, the first component entry including a description of the component and a first pointer to a first record stored in the CAS space;
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• storing, by the processor, the first record in the CAS space, the first record being associated with a combination of the component and the first update, the first record including the description of the component, a second pointer to an update repository external to the system update appliance, and a third pointer to the object storage space, wherein the update repository includes the first update, and wherein when the first update is not stored in the object storage space, the third pointer is a null pointer and 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.

An information handling system, comprising:

• a device including a component, the component operating based upon a first update at a first version level, the first update including first code utilized by the component;
• an update repository that includes the first update;
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• a system update appliance, including:
• a processor;
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• at least one memory device including:
• a Content Addressable Storage (CAS) space, wherein objects stored in the CAS space are accessed based upon a hash;
• and
• a location addressable storage space, wherein objects stored in the location addressable storage space are accessed based upon location addresses of the objects in the location addressable storage space, the location addressable storage space partitioned into an object storage space, and a device storage space;
• wherein the processor is configured to:
• store a first device entry in the device storage space, the first device entry being associated with the device, the first device entry including a first component entry for the component, the first component entry including a description of the component and a first pointer to a first record stored in the CAS space;
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• store the first record in the CAS space, the first record being associated with a combination of the component and the first update, the first record including the description of the component, a second pointer to the update repository, and a third pointer to the object storage space, and wherein when the first update is not stored in the object storage space, the third pointer is a null pointer and 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.