Patent ID: 7873674
Filing Date: 2011-01-18
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method of managing multiple files registries in a computer cluster including multiple computer systems, the method comprising the steps of: creating the multiple files registries, each of the multiple files registries including a plurality of user files associated with a plurality of the multiple computer systems of the computer cluster, and different ones of the multiple files registries being associated with different subsets of the multiple computer systems; managing all of the multiple files registries from one of the multiple computer systems, said one of the multiple computer systems including an operating system having a user/group management operation, including providing an administrator with access to each of the multiple files registries independent of all of the others of the multiple files registries; inserting into said user/group management operation a respective one base directory for each of the multiple files registries specifying a path to said each of the multiple files registries; using said one of the multiple computer systems to create, delete and modify the plurality of user files on the multiple files registries; providing a path manager to route data between the multiple computer systems of the cluster, wherein the path manager operates through a local component within each node of said cluster; the administrator making modifications to each of the multiple files registries by sending instructions to the base directory for said each of the multiple files registries in the user/group management operation of said operating system of said one of the computer systems, said instructions specifying the modifications to be made to said each of the multiple file registries; and the administrator distributing the different ones of the multiple files registries from said one of the computer systems to the different subsets of the multiple computer systems; wherein the multiple computer systems includes a plurality of defined types of computers, and the step of creating the multiple files registries includes the step of creating a respective one files registry for each of said defined types of computers; and wherein the inserting includes inserting a common directive within an existing command of the user/group management operation, and all of the multiple files registries are created and managed from said common directive.