Hybrid File Systems

Abstract

Methods may provide a virtual system with direct access to one or more sectors of a resource of a computer system. The method may include providing, by a computer system to a virtual system, first access control data associated with a regular computer file that corresponds to a resource on the computer system. The method may additionally include receiving, at the computer system, a direct read from or direct write to one or more sectors of the resource represented by the regular computer file from the virtual system. The method may further include hiding, at the computer system, a hidden computer file from the virtual system. The method may additionally include routing, at the computer system, the direct read from or direct write to the hidden computer file on the computer system.

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