Patent ID: 8407256
Filing Date: 2013-03-26
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method in a first network service node of a distributed file system, the method comprising: receiving by the first network service node, from a second network service node in the distributed file system, a request for a unique object identifier assigned to a data file that does not include directory information, the data file further not including any fully qualified path to any data file stored in the distributed file system, the unique object identifier unique within the network-based distributed file system, the unique object identifier separating identification of the data file, by the distributed file system, from any attribute of the data file or any directory structure in any storage nodes storing the data file, the distributed file system implemented as a network-based distributed file system and configured for storing copies of the data file within the storage nodes within the distributed file system at respective storage locations; and outputting to the second network service node, by the first network service node, a response to the request that specifies the unique object identifier, wherein each data file stored in the distributed file system has a corresponding unique object identifier to access the corresponding data file without use of any fully qualified path in the distributed file system.