Pure Storage, Inc.
Determining storage consumption in a storage system

Abstract:

Determining storage consumption in a storage system, including scanning a group of data units within the storage system storing a plurality of client entities, including: for each data unit in the group of data units, determining whether the data unit is reachable by one of the plurality of client entities; and for each data unit reachable by one of the plurality of client entities, determining a category for the data unit; calculating storage consumption for a client based on the category of each data unit reachable by one of the plurality of client entities; and reporting the calculated storage consumption.