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Transparent referrals for distributed file servers

US11562034B2 · kind B2 · utility

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146References

28Claims

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Assignee

Nutanix, Inc. · US

Inventors

Durga Mahesh Arikatla · San Jose, US
Hemanth Kumar Thummala · San Jose, US
Manish Gupta · Kanchinakote, IN
Manoj P. Naik · San Jose, US
Saji Kumar Vijaya Kumari Rajendran Nair · Cupertino, US
Shyamsunder Prayagchand Rathi · Sunnyvale, US
Sukruth Sridharan · Kanchinakote, IN

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 1, 2017
Grant date	Jan 24, 2023
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 1, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F16/188
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Examples of systems described herein include a virtualized file server including a first file server virtual machine and a second file server virtual machine configured to manage a distributed file share of storage items. The second file server virtual machine is configured to manage a particular storage item of the distributed file share of storage items. The first file server virtual machine is configured to, in response to receipt of a referral request for a file share path for the particular storage item from a client, look up a file share path for the particular storage item in a map of at least a portion of the distributed file share of storage items, and provide a referral with the file share path that identifies the second file server virtual machine.

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