Patent ID: 7877511
Filing Date: 2011-01-25
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for processing client file access transactions, the method comprising: presenting a virtual file system in an adaptive load balancer to a client computer system, the virtual file system providing access to an aggregated set of files stored by a plurality of server file systems respectively associated with a plurality of server computer systems; receiving a client file access transaction from the client computer system, the client file access transaction specifying a file access operation to be performed relative to the virtual file system presented to the client computer system; processing the client file access transaction in relation to metadata associated with the virtual file system, the metadata including translation data, to: a) access metadata associated with the virtual file system to complete processing of the file access operation specified by the client file access transaction if the file access operation does not involve accessing a file stored by at least one of the plurality of server file systems; and b) if the file access operation involves accessing a file stored by at least one of the plurality of server file systems, then translating, using the metadata, the client file access transaction into a server file access transaction for access to the file maintained within at least one of the plurality of server computer systems according to the file access operation specified by the client file access transaction by: