File system enabling fast purges and file access

A computer-implemented method for performing at least a two-part delayed purging of files from a file system, the method comprising:

• receiving a purge command to delete at least one file stored in a first directory path of the file system of a particular machine;
• determining load on the file system exceeds a specified amount;
• changing the first directory path to a different second directory path without physical deletion of the at least one file from the file system in response to the load on the file system exceeding the specified amount and further in response to said receiving the purge command to delete the at least one file stored in the first directory path;
• identifying when the load on the file system does not exceed the specified amount;
• and
• purging the second directory path from the file system of the particular machine in response to the load on the file system not exceeding the specified amount and further in response said receiving the purge command to delete the at least one file stored in the first directory path, wherein said purging comprises physical deletion of the at least one file from the file system.

A computer-implemented method comprising:

• receiving a storage operation identifying within a file system, a directory path as a storage location for a particular file with a particular filename;
• separating storage of the particular file from other files in the directory path by creating under the directory path, a file-level directory derived from the particular filename and storing the particular file in the file-level directory rather than the directory path specified by the storage operation;
• receiving an original purge operation comprising the directory path and the particular filename, said original purge operation requesting deletion of the particular file from the directory path of the file system;
• producing a modified purge operation from the original purge operation by appending the file-level directory to the directory path;
• and
• issuing to the file system, the modified purge operation with the appended file-level directory in place of the original purge operation.