Patent ID: 8959060
Filing Date: 2015-02-17
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: establishing a tenant wide name space to access objects of an application stored in one or more physical file systems across one or more appliances, each appliance defining a storage cluster in association with a tenant logically spanning across the one or more appliances; establishing a global index (Gindex) including metadata relating to objects stored in association with the application under the tenant, wherein metadata for each object includes a last modification time indicator, and wherein each object is associated with a unique object identifier; accessing objects stored in the one or more physical file systems associated with the tenant by corresponding object identifiers through the Gindex; receiving a rollback date/time; and restricting access to the objects stored in the one or more physical file systems associated with the tenant, such that access is provided to objects associated with a last modification time indicator that is older than the rollback date/time.