Cluster file system comprising data mover module arranged between front-end and back-end file systems
US10007673B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 23, 2013 |
| Grant date | Jun 26, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 9, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/185
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A cluster file system includes a front-end file system comprising a hierarchical storage management application programming interface (API), a back-end file system, and a data mover module arranged between the front-end and back-end file systems and adapted for communication with the hierarchical storage management API of the front-end file system. The data mover module is configured to control movement of data between the front-end file system and the back-end file system responsive to information received via the hierarchical storage management API. For example, in some embodiments, the data mover module splits a given file received from the front-end file system into multiple smaller files for storage in the back-end file system and associates with each of the smaller files a corresponding file extension from a designated namespace to permit reconstruction of the given file upon retrieval of the smaller files from the back-end file system.
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