Patent ID: 9235596
Filing Date: 2016-01-12
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. Apparatus associated with multiple filer entities, at least one of which creates and exports to a cloud data store one or more structured data representations comprising a versioned file system, wherein filer entities do not interact with one another, comprising: a processor; and computer memory storing computer program instructions executed by the processor (a) to enable sharing, as a volume, of the one or more structured data representations created and exported by the at least one filer entity by at least one other of the filer entities; (b) after sharing is enabled with respect to the one or more structured data representations, to manage distribution of a single, shared version identifier among the at least one filer entity and the at least other of the filer entities such that one and only one of the filer entities sharing the volume are enabled to create a new version of the versioned file system having that version identifier; wherein managing distribution of the single, shared version identifier includes restricting a time period during which the filer entities operate under the single, shared version identifier such that multiple filer entities are enabled to export structured data representations to the cloud data store concurrently.