Scalable caching of remote file data in a cluster file system
US9860333B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 10, 2015 |
| Grant date | Jan 2, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 24, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/1858
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system facilitates access to data in a network. One implementations includes a caching layer function that is configured to integrate into a local cluster file system, to cache local file data in a cache based on fetching file data on demand from a remote cluster file system, and to operate on a multi-node cache cluster. The cache is visible to file system clients as a Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX) compliant file system, applications execute on the multi-node cache cluster using POSIX semantics via a POSIX compliant file system interface, and data cache is locally consistent for updates made at the multi-node cache cluster using distributed locking for the data cache.
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