US 12,072,854 B2
Moving data between partitions
Ananth Raghavan, San Francisco, CA (US); George Eadon, Hollis, NH (US); Ramesh Kumar, San Francisco, CA (US); Hermann Baer, San Mateo, CA (US); and Suresh Sridharan, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Oracle International Corporation, Redwood Shores, CA (US)
Filed by Oracle International Corporation, Redwood Shores, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 17, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/125,777.
Application 17/125,777 is a continuation of application No. 15/967,207, filed on Apr. 30, 2018, granted, now 10,970,260.
Application 15/967,207 is a continuation of application No. 14/289,926, filed on May 29, 2014, granted, now 9,965,497, issued on May 8, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0103569 A1, Apr. 8, 2021
Int. Cl. G06F 16/21 (2019.01)
CPC G06F 16/214 (2019.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
storing an index that indexes a first partition;
receiving an instruction to move the first partition to a new storage location, to split the first partition into two or more partitions, or to merge a plurality of partitions, that includes the first partition, into a single partition;
in response to receiving the instruction, initiating an operation that moves, splits, or merges the first partition;
while performing the operation that moves, splits, or merges the first partition:
receiving a query that targets data that is stored in the first partition;
in response to receiving the query, accessing the index that indexes the first partition.