公开(公告)号：US20170091296A1

公开(公告)日：2017-03-30

申请号：US14866793

申请日：2015-09-25

Applicant: NetApp, Inc.

Inventor： Derek William Beard ,  Guy Sirton ,  Garret Lance Hayes ,  Jason Dillard Preston

IPC: G06F17/30

CPC classification number: G06F16/258 ,  G06F16/1734 ,  G06F16/182 ,  G06F16/183 ,  G06F16/1865 ,  G06F16/2228 ,  G06F16/289 ,  G06F16/86

Abstract: To leverage the attributes of object storage for applications/systems created to interface with a network files system, an object storage backed file system can accept the defined file system commands from the applications/systems and transform the file system commands into requests that target object storage. The file system is “backed” by object storage because attributes and content of file system entities are stored in objects. For instance, content data and metadata of a file are stored in objects in object storage. This object storage backed file system can be considered a bridge between a client perceived hierarchical file system namespace and a flat namespace of an object storage.

公开(公告)号：US20170091235A1

公开(公告)日：2017-03-30

申请号：US15143339

申请日：2016-04-29

Applicant: NetApp, Inc.

Inventor： Ghassan Abdallah Yammine ,  Kris Allen Meier ,  Jason Dillard Preston ,  Derek William Beard

IPC: G06F17/30

CPC classification number: G06F16/22 ,  G06F16/164 ,  G06F16/1865 ,  G06F16/192

Abstract: To leverage the attributes of object storage for applications/systems created to interface with a network files system, an object storage backed file system can accept the defined file system commands from the applications/systems and transform the file system commands into requests that target object storage. The file system is “backed” by object storage because attributes and content of file system entities are stored in objects. For instance, content data and metadata of a file are stored in objects in object storage. This object storage backed file system can be considered a bridge between a client perceived hierarchical file system namespace and a flat namespace of an object storage.

公开(公告)号：US11334540B2

公开(公告)日：2022-05-17

申请号：US15143339

申请日：2016-04-29

Applicant: NetApp, Inc.

Inventor： Ghassan Abdallah Yammine ,  Kris Allen Meier ,  Jason Dillard Preston ,  Derek William Beard

IPC: G06F16/22 ,  G06F16/16 ,  G06F16/18 ,  G06F16/188

Abstract: To leverage the attributes of object storage for applications/systems created to interface with a network files system, an object storage backed file system can accept the defined file system commands from the applications/systems and transform the file system commands into requests that target object storage. The file system is “backed” by object storage because attributes and content of file system entities are stored in objects. For instance, content data and metadata of a file are stored in objects in object storage. This object storage backed file system can be considered a bridge between a client perceived hierarchical file system namespace and a flat namespace of an object storage.

公开(公告)号：US10929419B2

公开(公告)日：2021-02-23

申请号：US14866793

申请日：2015-09-25

Applicant: NetApp, Inc.

Inventor： Derek William Beard ,  Guy Sirton ,  Garret Lance Hayes ,  Jason Dillard Preston

IPC: G06F16/25 ,  G06F16/84 ,  G06F16/182 ,  G06F16/28 ,  G06F16/17 ,  G06F16/18 ,  G06F16/22

Abstract: To leverage the attributes of object storage for applications/systems created to interface with a network files system, an object storage backed file system can accept the defined file system commands from the applications/systems and transform the file system commands into requests that target object storage. The file system is “backed” by object storage because attributes and content of file system entities are stored in objects. For instance, content data and metadata of a file are stored in objects in object storage. This object storage backed file system can be considered a bridge between a client perceived hierarchical file system namespace and a flat namespace of an object storage.