Patent ID: 8620923
Filing Date: 2013-12-31
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method comprising: storing a plurality of computer files in a computer storage system, said computer files having associated meta-data comprising at least one meta-data type, each meta-data type having at least one meta-data value, each of said plurality of computer files being stored in a primary storage location and a back-up storage location that are identifiable using a hasher system; storing a first meta-data index file comprising a list of computer files that each have associated meta-data of a same first meta-data type with a same first meta-data value, said list of computer files ordered by a second meta-type; storing, in a first appendix file that comprises a list of unordered computer files not contained in said first meta-data index file, a new filename of a new computer file having associated meta-data of said same first meta-data type with said same first meta-data value as that of said list of computer files in said first meta-data index file, said first appendix file being a separate file from said first meta-data index file; and periodically performing, using a processor of a machine, a sort to integrate filenames of computer files listed in said first appendix file that is separate from the first meta-data index file into said first meta-data index file.