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System and methods for dynamic generation of object storage datasets from existing file datasets

US11693908B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Dean Hildebrand · San Jose, US
Simon Lorenz · Geisenheim, DE
William W. Owen · Tucson, US
Rainer Wolafka · Bad Soden, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 23, 2021
Grant date	Jul 4, 2023
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 24, 2041

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L67/1097
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A computer-implemented method according to one embodiment includes in response to identifying a match between a file and at least one policy, updating details of a container in an object namespace of a file system, where the object namespace of the file system stores object-based representations of files within the file system; creating a symbolic link to the file in the object namespace of the file system; and updating a database to identify the symbolic link and the details of the container.

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