On-premises and off-premises communication

A computer system comprising:

• a memory comprising program instructions;
• and
• a processor in communication with the memory, wherein the computer system is configured to perform a method upon execution of the program instructions by the processor, the method comprising:
• storing, in a file system path data store, file system path data associated with a plurality of different remote file systems, the file system path data store being part of a switch component of a first network of a first location, the first network also comprising a first server in communication with the switch component across the first network, the remote file systems being of different servers of a plurality of different networks of different locations remote from the first location, wherein the first network is in communication with the plurality of different networks across one or more wide area network communication links, and wherein the stored file system path data comprises, for each remote file system of the remote file systems, a respective identification of a server, of the different servers, of which the remote file system is a part;
• receiving, across the first network, by the switch component, a file system event request from an application of the first server, the file system event request being a request by the application for a file system event to be completed against a requested remote file system of the remote file systems, the requested file system being a remote file system of a second server at a second location remote from the first server at the first location;
• processing, by a routing component of the switch component, the file system event request in conjunction with the stored file system path data, the processing comprising:
• identifying the requested file system, from the plurality of different remote file systems for which the file system path data is stored, based on an identification portion of the received file system event request identifying that the requested file system is the remote file system;
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• identifying, from the stored file system path data, file system path data associated with the requested file system, the file system path data associated with the requested file system comprising the identification of the second server of which the requested file system is a part;
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• communicating, by the switch component, the file system event request to the second server based on the identified file system path data associated with the requested file system identifying that the requested file system is of the second server.