Patent ID: 7584228
Filing Date: 2009-09-01
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for managing files of virtual private servers, the method comprising: launching a plurality of Virtual Private Servers (VPSs) in a single computing system, the VPSs sharing services of the same host operating system; copying a content of a private file of a first VPS to a shared space; using a link recognized by a file system of a host computer, providing access to the file copy in the shared space when the first VPS attempts to access its private file; retrieving private files from a hard disk drive and detecting, in operating system space, private files with identical content as the file copy in other VPSs; and providing access to the file copy in the shared space from the other VPSs when they attempt to access their private files with the identical content, wherein the shared space and the private files are located on the same computing system.