High speed file I/O control method and system with user set file structure to effect parallel access pattern over a network
US6101558A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 25, 1998 |
| Grant date | Aug 8, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 25, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S707/99932
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A file input/output control system has first computers each having disks and connected to a network; and at least one second computer connected to the network for accessing the disks connected to the plurality of first computers, the second computer having: a retriever for retrieving first data access requests issued from a plurality of processes of an application and comparing the first data access requests with correspondence relation defining information to thereby confirm that the first data access requests are accesses to disks, the correspondence relation defining information being entered by a user in advance and indicating a correspondence relation between the disks and each of regions in a file stored in disks of the first computers; and a scheduler for creating second data access requests to the disks from first data access requests confirmed to be accesses to disks, in accordance with the correspondence relation defining information between the disks and each of the regions in a file stored in the disks of the first computers, and transmitting the second access requests to the network, wherein the first computers access the disks in accordance with the second data access…
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