Symbiotic wide-area file system and method
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsYasushi Saito, Christos Karamanolis
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Abstract
In one embodiment, the invention provides a method and apparatus for a wide area file system, including: creating a peer-to-peer wide-area file system that allows read and write sharing of data. In another embodiment, the invention provides a method and apparatus for a wide area file system, including using per-file replication to achieve high availability and performance in the wide-area distributed file system.
Claims46
A method for a wide area file system, the method comprising:
- creating a peer-to-peer wide-area file system that allows read and write sharing of data.
An apparatus for a wide area file system, the apparatus comprising:
- at least one node configured to create a peer-to-peer wide-area file system that allows read and write sharing of data.
A method for a wide area file system, the method comprising:
- using per-file replication to achieve high availability and performance in a wide-area distributed file system.
An apparatus for a wide area file system, the apparatus comprising:
- at least one node configured to use per-file replication to achieve high availability and performance in a wide-area distributed file system.
A server, comprising:
- a protocol handler configured to receive requests from a client device to access a file;
- a replication engine configured to create a replica of a file in response to an initial access to a file;
- a log module configured to log replica-update operations to a replica;
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- a membership module configured to provide the information to permit the replication engine to make decisions on integration, updates, requests functions.
A method for a distributed file system, the method comprising:
- creating a replica of a file in response to an initial access to the file.
An article of manufacture, comprising:
- a machine-readable medium having stored thereon instructions to:
- create a peer-to-peer wide-area file system that allows read and write sharing of data.
An article of manufacture, comprising:
- a machine-readable medium having stored thereon instructions to:
- use per-file replication to achieve high availability and performance in a wide-area distributed file system,
An article of manufacture, comprising:
- a machine-readable medium having stored thereon instructions to:
- create a replica of a file in response to an initial access to the file.
An apparatus for a wide area file system, the apparatus comprising:
- means for creating a peer-to-peer wide-area file system that allows read and write sharing of data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.