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Storage systems for containers

  • US 10,489,354 B2
  • Filed: 07/29/2016
  • Issued: 11/26/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/29/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A storage system, comprising:

  • a plurality of storage domains connected under a global namespace for containers, wherein the global namespace is associated with a set of servers, a first server of the set of servers is associated with a first set of the plurality of storage domains, and a second server of the set of servers is associated with a second set of the plurality of storage domains;

    a processor; and

    a non-transitory storage medium storing machine readable instructions executable on the processor to;

    identify a storage tree for a first container image of a first container, the storage tree being a file directory in the global namespace, wherein the storage tree is mapped to a first storage domain of the plurality of storage domains, wherein the first storage domain stores the first container image;

    receive instructions to modify the first container image;

    in response to the instructions to modify the first container image, clone the first container to a second container comprising a second container image stored in a second storage domain of the second set of storage domains; and

    modify the second container image in the second storage domain based on the instructions to modify the first container image.

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