Filesystem management
US9411526B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 9, 2015 |
| Grant date | Aug 9, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 8, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/14
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for managing a filesystem by a storage system, the method may include maintaining, by a storage system, a filesystem data structure that comprises filesystem pathnames metadata related to a filesystem that is stored in the storage system; receiving, from a client that is coupled to the storage system via a network, a request to obtain a client filesystem object list related to at least a certain portion of the filesystem; generating, in response to the request and in response to the filesystem data structure, the client filesystem object list, wherein the client filesystem object list comprises at least one pathname of at least one filesystem object that belongs to the at least certain portion of the filesystem; and sending the client filesystem object list to the client.
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