Patent ID: 9449018
Filing Date: 2016-09-20
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method performed by a data processing apparatus, the method comprising: receiving, by a data processing apparatus, a plurality of file operation requests, each file operation request including a priority, a deadline, and an operation type and representing a request to perform an operation on at least one file maintained in a distributed file system; identifying, by the data processing apparatus, a group of file operation requests to be executed together from the plurality of file operation requests, the identification based at least in part on at least one of: the file operations in the group of file operations being directed to a same storage system, or file operations in the group of file operations sharing a common operation type; and sending a request to execute all file operation requests in the identified group of file operation requests to a system configured to perform the group of file operation requests, wherein sending the request includes sending a single remote procedure call including the group of file operation requests.