Claims
- 1. An object management system including a computer system, wherein the computer system is configured to store an object, divide the object into partitions, select partitions, and provide the selected partitions to a storage device for storage as individual stored objects.
- 2. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the computer system is configured to select only some of the partitions.
- 3. The system as recited in claim 2, wherein the computer system is configured to select the partitions by determining which partitions need to be migrated to the storage device.
- 4. The system as recited in claim 3, wherein the computer system is configured to determine which partitions need to be migrated by determining whether a partition has been modified.
- 5. The system as recited in claim 4, further comprising a data object associated with the object, wherein the data object includes information about whether a partition has been modified.
- 6. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the object is a file.
- 7. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the computer system is further configured to retrieve a selected partition from the storage device.
- 8. The system as recited in claim 7, wherein the computer system is further configured to receive a data access request, and to use the data access request to select the partition to be retrieved from the storage device.
- 9. The system as recited in claim 8, further comprising a data object associated with the object, wherein the data object includes information about whether the partition is present in the computer system.
- 10. The system as recited in claim 9, wherein the computer system selects a partition to be retrieved from the storage device if the data object indicates that the partition is absent from the computer system.
- 11. A method for managing objects in a system including a storage device and a computer system configured to store an object, comprising dividing the object into partitions, selecting partitions, and providing the selected partitions to the storage device for storage.
- 12. The method as recited in claim 11, further comprising receiving a data access request, and wherein selecting a partition to be retrieved from the storage device includes using the data access request to determine which partition to select.
- 13. A computer program product for managing objects in a system including a storage device and a computer system configured to store an object, comprising a computer usable medium having machine readable code embodied therein for dividing the object into partitions, selecting partitions, and providing the selected partitions to the storage device.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims priority to co-pending U.S. patent application No. 60/324,578 (Attorney Docket No. OTG-001PROV) entitled SYSTEMS & METHOD FOR MANAGING TABLESPACES AND DATABASES filed Sept. 26,2001, which is incorporated herein by reference for all purposes.
PCT Information
Filing Document |
Filing Date |
Country |
Kind |
PCT/US02/31928 |
9/20/2002 |
WO |
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