Excluding directory trees from data service operations
US11200198B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 1, 2019 |
| Grant date | Dec 14, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 29, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/2246
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The described technology is generally directed towards domains that data services can use to collect files of a global filesystem namespace into groups, and domains that can be used to exclude certain files or metadata. A data service (a domain patron) creates a domain, e.g., for a particular directory, and a domain manager associates files under that directory with domain membership information. The data service can relate exclusion information to the domain, e.g., to exclude part of the directory. This can be done by an exclusion domain instance, e.g., a child to a parent domain, or can be done in metadata, by having the data service (e.g., a snapshot data service) exclude certain metadata such as snapshot identifiers from a larger set of snapshot identifiers.
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