Patent ID: 8117312
Filing Date: 2012-02-14
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A network attached storage device, comprising: networking software, wherein said network attached storage device is capable of communicating with one or more host computers using said networking software; a first file system interconnected with said networking software, wherein said first file system comprises a first file system driver; a redirection pseudo device driver interconnected with said first file system driver, wherein said redirection pseudo device driver maps a plurality of host computer files comprising said first file system to a plurality of Extent Descriptors; a second file system interconnected with said redirection pseudo device driver, wherein said second file system includes a second file system driver; a storage device driver interconnected with said second file system and interconnected to a storage device comprising an information storage medium; wherein said first file system comprises a plurality of first logical block arrays, wherein each of said plurality of first logical block arrays comprises a plurality of host computer files, and wherein said second file system comprises a plurality of second logical block arrays, wherein each of said plurality of second logical block arrays comprises a plurality of first logical block arrays.