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Integrating external services with a clustered file system

US9940213B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

William B. Brown · Austin, US
Poornima Gupte · Pune, IN
Frank Marschollek · Mainz, DE
Lance W. Russell · Rosanky, US
Rainer Wolafka · Bad Soden, DE
Rong Zeng · Nanjing, CN

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 10, 2015
Grant date	Apr 10, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 8, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F11/202
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A computer program product is provided for extending a clustered file system. The computer program product comprises a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith. The program instructions are executable by a processor to cause the processor to define functions required by external services implemented on top of a clustered file system, identify at least one function that is not provided by the clustered file system, and extend the clustered file system to provide the at least one function.

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