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  • Method and system of compacting sparse directories in a file system
    Patent number: 7287046
    Abstract: A method and system are described for reducing search for data in a directory scheme employing hash tables. The method involves compacting directory entries in a manner in which the directory entries will gradually migrate and concentrate at the highest level hash tables which coincide with early blocks in a hash table sequence representing the directory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2007
    Assignee: EMC Corporation
    Inventors: Dov Bulka, Ashok Ramakrishnan, Phillip Ray Hinton, Jr., Eric Wagner