CPC G06F 16/128 (2019.01) [G06F 16/134 (2019.01); G06F 16/174 (2019.01); G06F 16/1844 (2019.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
generating a volume snapshot for a volume in a distributed file system, the volume snapshot including a plurality of snapshot containers, each of the plurality of snapshot containers having a respective snapshot container identifier;
storing the snapshot container identifiers for the plurality of snapshot containers in one or more blocks, a first block of the one or more blocks including a contiguous sequence of multiple snapshot container identifiers for respective snapshot containers of the plurality of snapshot containers; and
storing information to specify the plurality of snapshot containers, wherein the information includes an identifier for the volume snapshot, a first snapshot container identifier at a beginning of the contiguous sequence of multiple snapshot container identifiers in the first block, and length information specifying a count of a number of snapshot container identifiers in the contiguous sequence of multiple snapshot container identifiers.
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