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Method and system for thick files in a distributed file system

US10599366B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

VMware LLC · US

Inventors

Asit Desai · Cupertino, US
Prasanna Aithal · Kanchinakote, IN
Prasad Rao Jangam · Palo Alto, US
Bryan Branstetter · Berkeley, US
Mahesh Hiregoudar · Kanchinakote, IN
Pradeep H. Krishnamurthy · Bengaluru, IN
Rohan Pasalkar · Palo Alto, US
Raghavan Pichai · Bengaluru, IN
Srinivasa Shantharam · Kanchinakote, IN

Key dates

Filing date	May 18, 2017
Grant date	Mar 24, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 22, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F3/0608
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A distributed file system may be configured with file blocks of a first type and file blocks of a second type, from allocation units that comprise a logical volume containing the file system. File blocks of the second type may be defined from one or more file blocks of the first type. A thick file may be instantiated with a number of allocation units totaling a size greater than or equal to a specified file size of the thick file. The allocation units may be allocated to the thick file in units of file blocks of the first type or file blocks of the second type, depending on the specified file size of the thick file.

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