System, method and computer program product for a self-describing tape that maintains metadata of a non-tape file system
US8832365B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 20, 2012 |
| Grant date | Sep 9, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 3, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/183
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Embodiments described herein provide systems and methods for a self-describing tape that allow files stored on a tape according to a tape file system to be presented in a similar manner (e.g., to an operating system, to a network file system interface) by different instances of a second type of file system (e.g., a non-tape file system). This can include, for example, allowing a file system of the second type to consistently present files over a network file system interface as being available at the same directory path location, according to the same permissions.
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