System and method for providing a unified storage system that supports file/object duality
US8620865B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 24, 2011 |
| Grant date | Dec 31, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 12, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/972
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Methods and systems that permit file protocols and object protocols to co-exist using a file namespace and an object namespace in a unified storage system are disclosed. Data stored in the unified storage system are file-objects that preserve the behaviors expected by both file clients and object clients.
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