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Network file migration system

US5367698A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 31, 1991
Grant dateNov 22, 1994
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Expiry dateOct 31, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F16/119
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A networked digital data processing system has two or more client devices, a network including a set of interconnections for transferring information between the client devices, at least one of which has a local data file storage element for locally storing and providing access to digital data files arranged in one or more client filesystems. A migration file server includes a migration storage element that stores data portions of files from the client devices, a storage level detection element that detects a storage utilization level in the storage element, and a level-responsive transfer element that selectively transfers data portions of files from the client device to the storage element.

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