Parallel file system scans with multiple shared queues
US12135986B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 19, 2020 |
| Grant date | Nov 5, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 7, 2043 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/182
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method includes scanning, by a device of a plurality of devices, a directory of a file system. The directory includes a plurality of subdirectories, and each device of the plurality of devices corresponds to a different queue of a plurality of queues. The method also includes inserting, by the device, a plurality of scanning tasks into a subset of the plurality of queues in a round robin fashion. The plurality of scanning tasks correspond to the plurality of subdirectories and responding to a scanning task of the plurality of scanning tasks includes scanning a subdirectory of the plurality of subdirectories.
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