An improved architecture is provided which enables significant convergence of the
components of a system to implement virtualization. The infrastructure is VM-aware, and …

Disclosed is an improved approach for using advanced metadata to implement an
architecture for managing I/O operations and storage devices for a virtualization …

Disclosed is an improved approach for implementing and maintaining writable snapshots.
An efficient approach is provided for implementing snapshots that can be used to …

Disclosed is an improved approach to implement I/O and storage device management in a
virtualization environment. According to some approaches, a Service VM is employed to …

(57) ABSTRACT A system for managing storage devices, includes a plurality of nodes that
implement a virtualization environment, each node of the plurality of nodes comprising a …

US9747287B1 - Method and system for managing metadata for a virtualization environment
- Google Patents US9747287B1 - Method and system for managing metadata for a …

(57) ABSTRACT A system for implementing storage for a virtualization environment,
including a plurality of nodes, wherein the plurality of nodes implements a virtualization …

(57) ABSTRACT A method for handling storage in a virtualization environ ment including
identifying a situation in which a storage controller ownership change is to occur for a virtual …

Disclosed is an improved approach for using advanced metadata to implement an
architecture for managing I/O operations and storage devices for a virtualization …

US9575784B1 - Method and system for handling storage in response to migration of a virtual
machine in a virtualization environment - Google Patents US9575784B1 - Method and system …