System and method for caching network file systems
US8626866B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 10, 2011 |
| Grant date | Jan 7, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 10, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L67/59
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A network caching system has a multi-protocol caching filer coupled to an origin server to provide storage virtualization of data served by the filer in response to data access requests issued by multi-protocol clients over a computer network. The multi-protocol caching filer includes a file system configured to manage a sparse volume that “virtualizes” a storage space of the data to thereby provide a cache function that enables access to data by the multi-protocol clients. To that end, the caching filer further includes a multi-protocol engine configured to translate the multi-protocol client data access requests into generic file system primitive operations executable by both the caching filer and the origin server.
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