Method and system for generating out-of-band notifications of client activity in a network attached storage (NAS) device

A system for generating out-of-band notifications in a Network Attached Storage Device (NAS), comprising:

• a distributed shared file system comprising a plurality of nodes, each having a computer processor, a memory, and a plurality of processes executed by said computer processor, wherein the nodes are connected via a network interface to at least one storage device;
• a notification module configured to monitor said distributed shared file system to derive activity data, wherein said activity data includes file system operation requests originated by clients, a file associated with the file system operation requests and attributes associated with the clients;
• a notification queue configured to aggregate the activity data on a notification queue;
• and
• a notification application configured to send out-of-band notification messages to a third-party application on an external server, wherein the notification messages include at least some of the aggregated activity data updated to a time of sending the out of band notification message,
• wherein said file operations requests originated by the clients are carried out uninterruptedly by said aggregating of the activity data and said sending of the notification messages, so as to not interrupt any client activity over the shared file system, and
• wherein the notification queue consolidates similar notifications into a single notification and deletes redundant notifications associated with activity that is unnecessary for at least one of auditing and indexing operations of the third-party application on the external server.

A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising a set of instructions that when executed cause at least one processor to:

• monitor a file system implemented on a Network Attached Device (NAS) device to derive activity data, wherein said activity data includes file system operation requests originated by clients, a file associated with the file system operation requests and attributes associated with the clients;
• aggregate the activity data on a notification queue;
• and
• send out-of-band notification messages to a third-party application on an external server, wherein the notification messages include at least some of the aggregated activity data updated to a time of sending the notification message,
• wherein said file operations requests originated by the clients are carried out uninterruptedly by said aggregating of the activity data and said sending of the out-of-band notification messages so as to not interrupt any client activity over the shared file system, and
• wherein the notification queue consolidates similar notifications into a single notification and deletes redundant notifications associated with activity that is unnecessary for at least one of auditing and indexing operations of the third-party application on the external server.