Dispersed storage network virtual address generations
AssigneeCleversafe, Inc.
InventorsAndrew Baptist, Greg Dhuse
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Abstract
A dispersed storage device within a dispersed storage network includes a processing module for determining whether to add a new generation for a vault, in which the vault identifies at least one user having data to be stored. When the new generation is to be added to the vault, the processing module further assigns a vault generation identifier to the new generation, assigns a virtual address range of a virtual memory associated with the dispersed storage network to the new generation and maps the virtual address range to a physical memory for storage of the data therein.
Claims20
A dispersed storage device for use within a dispersed storage network, comprising:
- a processing module operable to:
- determine whether to add a new generation for a vault, the vault identifying at least one user having data to be stored;
- and
- when the new generation is to be added to the vault:
- assign a vault generation identifier to the new generation;
- assign a virtual address range of a virtual memory associated with the dispersed storage network to the new generation;
- and
- map the virtual address range to a physical memory for storage of the data therein.
A method for managing data storage within a dispersed storage network, the method comprising:
- determining whether to add a new generation for a vault, the vault identifying at least one user having data to be stored;
- and
- when the new generation is to be added to the vault:
- assigning a vault generation identifier to the new generation;
- assigning a virtual address range of a virtual memory associated with the dispersed storage network to the new generation;
- and
- mapping the virtual address range to a physical memory for storage of the data therein.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.