Abstract: A method for storing an information block that includes determining to store a current version of an information block stored in a memory unit. The checking if a current version of the information is already stored in a storage unit. The current version of the information block is sent from the memory unit to the storage unit if the answer is negative. Generating storage unit location information indicative of a location, at the storage unit, of the current version of the information block if the answer is positive.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 20, 2007
Date of Patent:
March 1, 2011
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation
Inventors:
Shmuel Ben-Yehuda, Michael Factor, Guy Laden, Paula Ta-Shma, Aviad Zlotnick