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Method and apparatus for performing bulk file system attribute retrieval

US8560569B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

EMC Corporation · US

Inventors

Ivan Basov · Westborough, US
Christian J. Chuba · Berkeley Heights, US
Stephen Fridella · Watertown, US
Uday Gupta · Westford, US
Xiaoye Jiang · Shrewsbury, US
Christopher Stacey · Christchurch, NZ
Jiannan Zheng · Sammamish, US
Eyal Zimran · London, GB

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 27, 2006
Grant date	Oct 15, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 9, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F16/24556
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Accordingly a method and interface allows an attribute data base used by an Information Manager to be quickly populated and accurately maintained. A single Bulk Attribute Retrieval Request triggers the primary storage device to collect object attribute information. The method allows for selective collection of objects and attributes by providing filters and attribute lists in the Requests. The Request may be used to provide an incremental scan with appropriate time stamp filtering. In addition, the size of the results can be controlled by the IM by eliminating attributes that are not of interest to the IM. The Request is advantageously issued over a FileMover interface, which is an HTTP connection, and encoded in XML, allowing the IM to easily customize the Request as desired.

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