Patent ID: 8868495
Filing Date: 2014-10-21
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for indexing data overlaid on a storage space exported by a storage system, including a processor and a memory, to a client, the method comprising: determining, by an agent executing on the client, that the data, associated with data containers of the storage system managed by the client, has been modified by the client, wherein the agent utilizes functionality of a client-based file system to access the data overlaid on the storage space exported by the storage system to determine the modified data, wherein the client-based file system has a format different than that of the storage system's native file system format, the native file system configured to perform indexing functionality; and in response to determining that the data has been modified by the client, utilizing the functionality of the client-based file system, to access the data overlaid on the storage space exported by the storage system to: