Patent ID: 6941430
Filing Date: 2005-09-06
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising the steps of: mirroring a first content portion of a first disk partition to a second content portion of a second disk partition; and modifying a first one of the first content portion and the second content portion contemporaneously with access by one or more client applications to one or more subportions of a second one of the first content portion and the second content portion; wherein the step of modifying the first one of the first content portion and the second content portion contemporaneously with access by the one or more client applications to the one or more subportions of the second one of the first content portion and the second content portion comprises the steps of: detaching a submirror associated with the first disk partition from a first metadevice associated with a primary file system; attaching the submirror to a second metadevice associated with a secondary file system; and employing the secondary file system to modify the first content portion of the first disk partition.