Abstract: A system and method for optimizing write requests of a write queue, including: receiving a current write request for updating a storage, wherein the current write request includes at least data to be written to the storage and a location within the storage into which the data is to be written; determining if there is at least one overlap between the current write request and an earlier write request within a write queue; and updating at least one of the current write request and the earlier write request to eliminate the at least one overlap.

Abstract: A system and method for transmitting data in a distributed computing environment. The method includes transmitting a first portion of data from an origin to a destination using a first communication route, wherein the first communication route is selected based on characteristics of each of a first plurality of potential communication routes, wherein the first portion of data consists of metadata, wherein the first communication route is an optimal communication route for transmitting metadata; and transmitting a second portion of data from the origin to the destination using a second communication route, wherein the second communication route is selected based on characteristics of each of a second plurality of potential communication routes, wherein the second portion of data excludes metadata, wherein the second communication route is an optimal communication route for transmitting data other than metadata.

Abstract: A system and method for data storage management.

Abstract: A system and method for transmitting data in a distributed computing environment. The method includes transmitting a first portion of data from an origin to a destination using a first communication route, wherein the first communication route is selected based on characteristics of each of a first plurality of potential communication routes, wherein the first portion of data consists of metadata, wherein the first communication route is an optimal communication route for transmitting metadata; and transmitting a second portion of data from the origin to the destination using a second communication route, wherein the second communication route is selected based on characteristics of each of a second plurality of potential communication routes, wherein the second portion of data excludes metadata, wherein the second communication route is an optimal communication route for transmitting data other than metadata.

Abstract: A method for performing a comparison between first and second points in time snapshots of a file system entity, the method may include: (I) receiving by a storage system a command that was sent from a host computer, the command is network file system protocol compliant, wherein the command comprises (i) an operation code, and (ii) information about a virtual path, the virtual path that comprises (ii.a) first fields that comprise snapshot comparison parameters indicative of the first and second points in time snapshots of the file system entity, and (ii.

Abstract: A method for protecting snapshots related to a logical unit, the method may include retrieving snapshots blocks that were destaged in a storage system; processing, by the storage system, the snapshots blocks to provide, by an information protection module of the storage system, snapshots redundancy information; and storing the snapshots redundancy information in the storage system.

Abstract: A storage system that may include a management module; and multiple disk drives; wherein the management module is arranged to allocate disk drives of the multiple disk drives to disk drive groups, each disk drive group corresponds to at least one redundancy array of independent disks (RAID) group of data in response to at least one out of: locations of the disk drives within disk drive enclosures; and expected or actual temperatures of the disk drives.

Abstract: A method for protecting snapshots related to a logical unit, the method may include retrieving snapshots blocks that were destaged in a storage system; processing, by the storage system, the snapshots blocks to provide, by an information protection module of the storage system, snapshots redundancy information; and storing the snapshots redundancy information in the storage system

Abstract: According to an embodiment of the invention there may be provided a method for multi-level disk failure protection, the method may include: calculating first parity information by processing a first data entity that is cached in a cache memory of a storage system thereby providing a first level of disk failure protection; destaging the first data entity and the first parity information to first physical addresses mapped to multiple disks; calculating extra parity information by processing the first data entity, wherein a combination of the first and extra parity information provides an extra level of disk failure protection that exceeds the first level of disk failure protection; and destaging the extra parity information to at least one second physical address that differ from the first physical addresses, the at least one second physical address are included in a spare physical memory space that is not allocated, at a time of the destaging of the extra parity information, for storing data.

Abstract: A method for performing a comparison between first and second points in time snapshots of a file system entity, the method may include: (I) receiving by a storage system a command that was sent from a host computer, the command is network file system protocol compliant, wherein the command comprises (i) an operation code, and (ii) information about a virtual path, the virtual path that comprises (ii.a) first fields that comprise snapshot comparison parameters indicative of the first and second points in time snapshots of the file system entity, and (ii.

Abstract: A method for compressing information by a computerized system, the method may include receiving a mixture of DNA data and additional information; and compressing the DNA data to provide compressed DNA data, wherein the compressing comprises encoding the DNA data by using a predefined codeword dictionary that was constructed based upon reference DNA data.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer readable medium that may store instructions for receiving, by a local storage system, a file system command that is sent from a host computer, the file system command is related to a remote snapshot of a local file system entity; wherein the remote snapshot of the local file system entity is generated by a process that may include sending a snapshot of the local file system entity from the local storage system to a remote storage system; wherein the local file system entity belongs to a local file system stored at the local storage system; and responding to the file system command, wherein the responding may include utilizing or generating remote snapshot file system information that is representative of the remote snapshot of the local file system entity.

Abstract: A storage system that may include a management module; and multiple disk drives; wherein the management module is arranged to allocate disk drives of the multiple disk drives to disk drive groups, each disk drive group corresponds to at least one redundancy array of independent disks (RAID) group of data in response to at least one out of: locations of the disk drives within disk drive enclosures; and expected or actual temperatures of the disk drives.

Abstract: A method that may executed by a main storage system and may include compressing the vast genetic information database to provide a compressed genetic information database; storing the compressed genetic information database, receiving updates to the vast genetic information database; updating the compressed genetic information database; generating different point in time snapshots of the compressed genetic information database; calculating differences between the different point in time snapshots of the compressed genetic information database; and transmitting the differences to at least one secondary storage system that is accessible to a user.

Abstract: A method for compressing information by a computerized system, the method may include receiving a mixture of DNA data and additional information; and compressing the DNA data to provide compressed DNA data, wherein the compressing comprises encoding the DNA data by using a predefined codeword dictionary that was constructed based upon reference DNA data.