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Maintaining data in a file system

US7827214B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJun 30, 2003
Grant dateNov 2, 2010
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Expiry dateOct 25, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F16/1844
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A file system includes a master connected to multiple servers. The servers may store data. The master may communicate with the servers upon startup of the master to authoritatively identify the data stored by the servers and record location information that identifies ones of the servers that store the data.

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