Patent ID: 6556998
Filing Date: 2003-04-29
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A distributed file system for retrieving information from a storage system for delivery over a network to a host system comprising:a storage system agent residing on said storage system having free list management system that determines the physical storage location of information stored on said storage system; a directory structure system residing on said host system that defines a logical organization of a plurality of files corresponding to information stored on said storage system; a legacy attribute data store coupled to said network that stores metadata associated with said information stored on said storage system and from which the physical storage location of said stored information may be determined; and a client agent associated with said host system and having access to metadata from said legacy attribute data store, said client agent being interoperative with said directory structure system to associate said plurality of files with corresponding physical storage locations, whereby information corresponding to said files is retrieved from said storage system and delivered to said host system.