Patent ID: 7457822
Filing Date: 2008-11-25
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A file server system for accessing and utilizing a data storage system, the file server system including a network subsystem for receiving and responding to file service requests over a network and further including a file subsystem, in communication with the network subsystem, for satisfying the file service requests, the file subsystem comprising: a. a data bus arrangement, in communication with the network subsystem and the data storage system, for providing data to be stored in the data storage system and for retrieving data from the data storage system; b. a plurality of linked sub-modules, wherein the linked sub-modules as a group are in communication with a control input for receiving file service requests and a control output for responding to file service requests and process such service requests and generate responses thereto over the control output, each sub-module configured to perform a distinct set of operations pertinent to processing of such file service requests; wherein the control input and the control output are distinct from the data bus arrangement; and c. a plurality of metadata memory caches, each metadata memory cache associated with a corresponding sub-module for storing metadata pertinent to operations of such sub-module.