Patent ID: 7739379
Filing Date: 2010-06-15
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. In a data network having at least one client and a plurality of file server processors, wherein at least one of the file server processors owns a file system, a method comprising the steps of: a first file server processor receiving a file system request from the at least one client; the first file server positively authenticating the file system request based on a permission for the at least one client; the first file server processor determining whether it owns the requested file system request by accessing stored information indicating associations between file systems and a respective one of the file server processors assigned to manage access to each of the file systems in order to find the file server processor assigned to manage access to the file system including the file to be accessed; based on a positive authentication or a file system request for read-only access to a public file and a negative determination of ownership by the first file system processor, the first file server processor forwarding the file system request to a second file server processor that owns the requested file system; and the second file server processor executing the file system request and sending a response back to the first file server processor.