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AssigneeConner Peripherals, Inc.
InventorsThomas Pisello, David Crossmier, Paul Ashton
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A network management system includes a domain administrating server (DAS) that stores a virtual catalog representing an overview of all files distributively stored across a network domain currently or in the past. The current and historical file information is used for assisting in auditing or locating files located anywhere in the domain. The current file information is used for assisting in transferring files across the domain. The domain administrating server (DAS) also includes a rule-base driven artificial administrator for monitoring and reacting to domain-wide alert reports and for detecting problematic trends in domain-wide performance based on information collected from the network domain.
A network system comprising:
A network system comprising:
A centralized file management system for managing files stored in plural data storage devices of a network domain, wherein the plural data storage devices of the domain are interconnected by a domain-linking backbone and the files of said data storage devices are accessed by way of the domain-linking backbone, wherein each storage device stores a local catalog that identifies a name, location and/or other attributes of each local file and/or directory contained within the respective storage device, said system comprising:
A centralized file management method for managing files stored in plural data storage devices of a network domain, wherein the plural data storage devices of the domain are interconnected by a domain-linking backbone and each storage device stores a local catalog that identifies a name, location and/or other attributes of each local file and/or directory contained therein, said method comprising the steps of:
A file access method comprising the steps of:
A network system comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.