Providing unique inodes across multiple file system namespaces
US10649955B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 3, 2017 |
| Grant date | May 12, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 20, 2037 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/188
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
One embodiment provides a method for storage management in an aggregated file system. The method includes tracking inode numbers for sub-file systems of the aggregated file system. A request for a unique range of inode numbers in the aggregated file system is received. The unique range of inode numbers is provided to one or more sub-file systems of the aggregated file system while providing that each sub-file system of the aggregated file system has a required range of inode numbers and that no two sub-file systems have overlapping inode numbers.
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