Patent ID: 9020912
Filing Date: 2015-04-28
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for accessing data in a compressed file system, comprising: obtaining, by a network traffic management apparatus, at least one original write request from a client computing device comprising object data; compressing, by the network traffic management apparatus, the object data into a plurality of compressed blocks; generating, by the network traffic management apparatus, a mapping of each of the plurality of compressed blocks to a corresponding portion of the object data, wherein every corresponding portion of the object data is represented in the mapping by a corresponding unique object identifier, a start offset, and a length; and servicing, by the network traffic management apparatus, at least one subsequent data access request for at least a portion of the object data, the servicing comprising obtaining at least the requested portion of the object data from the mapped one of the plurality of compressed blocks based on the unique object identifier, the start offset and the length.