Patent ID: 7870173
Filing Date: 2011-01-11
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for storing information in a common information store, the method comprising: receiving, by a common information store that is part of a global file storage system and executing on one or more computer systems, a request from one of a plurality of servers of the global file storage system to store a file in the global file storage system, the common information store having a pattern database storing a plurality of subfiles each containing an indication of a recognizable pattern associated with one or more files stored in the global file storage system; analyzing by the common information store the requested file to be stored for recognizable patterns and comparing the recognizable patterns to subfiles stored in the pattern database of the common information store; parsing by the common information store the file into one or more subfiles, wherein at least one subfile is associated with a recognizable pattern of the file that matches a subfile in the pattern database of the common information store and at least one subfile does not match a recognizable pattern in the pattern database of the common information store; and generating by the common information store subfile references for subfiles having matching patterns; and storing by the common information store the requested file in the global file storage system by storing both the subfile references for subfiles having matching patterns and the at least one subfile not having a matching pattern.