Patent ID: 8943295
Filing Date: 2015-01-27
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for a storage system to service a first access request for data, the method executed by the storage system, comprising: receiving from a client of the storage system the first access request including a file block number of a file indicating a first location within the data; mapping the file block number to a logical block address identifying a second location on a virtual disk (vdisk), the vdisk layered on a file system such that the vdisk is a multi-inode object associated with an inode and a stream inode of the file encapsulated as a single object, the file system stored on a storage medium operatively connected to the storage system; forming a second access request having the logical block address to access the data stored at the second location; and sending the accessed data to the client in response to the first access request.