Patent ID: 8935307
Filing Date: 2015-01-13
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A first file server comprising: a communication interface configured to communicate with a second file server of a plurality of servers of an association of devices that implements a distributed, segmented single file system, the plurality of file servers controlling metadata of separate segments of the single file system, the single file system including file system entities residing in the segments, each of the file system entities comprising a file, or a directory, or a portion of a file, or a portion of a directory, the metadata of each of the segments being controlled by only a respective one of the plurality file servers, each server controlling metadata of at least one segment, and each segment containing at least one file system entity; and a processor coupled to the communication interface and configured to: wherein the first metadata includes an Inode and the processor is configured to analyze the Inode to determine the at least one storage location associated with the first file system entity.