Transaction aggregation in a switched file system
USRE43346E1 · kind E1 · reissue
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 14, 2007 |
| Grant date | May 1, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 14, 2027 |
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- Technology area (CPC —)General
Abstract
Client computers are decoupled from file servers in a computer network, by placing a network node, also termed a file switch or file switch computer, between the client computers and the file servers. To the client computers, the file switch appears to be a file server having enormous storage capabilities and high throughput. To the file servers, the file switch appears to be a client as it delegates a single transaction received from a client computer to multiple file servers. The file switch aggregates the file servers' responses to the client computer's request and presents a single response back to the client computer. The file switch performs this transaction aggregation function in a manner that is transparent to both the client computers and the file servers.
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