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Storing files in a parallel computing system based on user-specified parser function

US8868576B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJun 28, 2012
Grant dateOct 21, 2014
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Expiry dateJun 28, 2032

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F16/13
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Techniques are provided for storing files in a parallel computing system based on a user-specified parser function. A plurality of files generated by a distributed application in a parallel computing system are stored by obtaining a parser from the distributed application for processing the plurality of files prior to storage; and storing one or more of the plurality of files in one or more storage nodes of the parallel computing system based on the processing by the parser. The plurality of files comprise one or more of a plurality of complete files and a plurality of sub-files. The parser can optionally store only those files that satisfy one or more semantic requirements of the parser. The parser can also extract metadata from one or more of the files and the extracted metadata can be stored with one or more of the plurality of files and used for searching for files.

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