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File system layer

US9442938B1 · kind B1 · utility

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7References

13Claims

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Assignee

EMC Corporation · US

Inventors

Shashwat Srivastav · Seattle, US
Vishrut Shah · Redmond, US
Sriram Sankaran · Bellevue, US
Jun Luo · Chongqing, CN
Chen Wang · Beijing, CN
Huapeng Yuan · Seattle, US
Subba R. Gaddamadugu · Westborough, US
Qi Zhang · Beijing, CN
Wei Yin · Shanghai, CN
Jie Song · Shanghai, CN
Andrew D. Robertson · Washington, US
Peter M. Musial · Arlington, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 26, 2013
Grant date	Sep 13, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 3, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F3/067
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In one aspect, a method includes using a file system layer configured to interact with a plurality of volumes and enabling an application to interact with any of the plurality of volumes using a single file system format provided by the file system layer. At least two of the plurality of volumes have different file system formats.

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