Patent ID: 7577688
Filing Date: 2009-08-18
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method of moving a file service within a plurality of storage filers coupled to a communication network and a storage network, the method comprising: generating file service data for the file service in a first storage filer; associating the file service with an identification; allocating the file service data to at least one memory page in the first storage filer based on the identification; determining an indication to transfer the file service from the first storage filer; determining an optimal time to suspend file operations of the file service; identifying a second storage filer at least in part by determining whether the second storage filer has adequate memory for the at least one memory page; and transferring the at least one memory page using the identification from the first storage filer to the second storage filer while file operations are suspended during the optimal time.