Patent ID: 6161111
Filing Date: 2000-12-12
Classification: G06F,G06Q,Y10S

Abstract:
A file management system for use in connection with a host and a mass storage subsystem, the mass storage subsystem storing data in at least one file on at least one storage device, said storage device including a series of blocks, the host processing an application program that accesses data in said at least one file through an operating system, the file management system managing files stored on said mass storage subsystem in response to file management commands directed thereto, the system comprising:A. an operating system-independent file map configured to store information identifying, for each file, block information identifying blocks on which the file is stored,B. a file management command receiver module for receiving a file management command, andC. a file management command execution module for executing the file management command in relation to the operating system-independent file map and independently of said operating system.