Hierarchical file system naming

• US 20070106700A1
• Filed: 05/03/2006
• Published: 05/10/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 11/04/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sun Microsystems Incorporated (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Sun Microsystems Incorporated (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Ahrens, Matthew, Maybee, Mark, Bonwick, Jeffrey
• Application Number:
  US11/416,745
• Publication Number:
  US 20070106700A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/10 File systems; File servers

Abstract

A storage pool including a file system, where the file system is associated with a name and the name is determined using a hierarchical data structure.

Claims

1. A storage pool, comprising:

a file system, wherein the file system is associated with a name and the name is determined using a hierarchical data structure.

2. The storage pool of claim 1, further comprising:

a meta database configured to store the hierarchical data structure.

3. The storage pool of claim 2, wherein the file system is stored on a first disk and the meta database is stored on a second disk, wherein the first disk and the second disk are located in the storage pool.

4. The storage pool of claim 1, wherein the hierarchical data structure comprises a plurality of nodes, wherein each of the plurality of nodes corresponds to one selected from the group consisting of the file system, a container, and the storage pool.

5. The storage pool of claim 1, wherein the name is independent of a mount point of the file system.

6. The storage pool of claim 5, wherein the name of the file system is determined by tracing a path from the one of the plurality of nodes corresponding to the storage pool to one of the plurality of nodes corresponding to the file system.

7. The storage pool of claim 1, wherein the name complies with a naming convention comprising name=[storage pool name]/([container name]*/[file system name]*)*.

8. A method for naming a file system, comprising:

determining a node corresponding to the file system in a hierarchical data structure;

determining a node corresponding to a storage pool in the hierarchical data structure;

tracing a path from the node corresponding to the storage pool to the node corresponding to the file system, wherein the path corresponds to a name of the file system.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the name is independent of a mount point of the file system.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the name complies with a naming convention comprising name=[storage pool name]/([container name]*/[file system name]*)*.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the storage pool comprises a plurality of disks.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the hierarchical data structure is stored in a meta database.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the file system is located on a first one of the plurality of disks and the meta database is located on a second one of the plurality of disks, wherein the first one of the plurality of disks and the second one of the plurality of disks are located in the storage pool.

14. A computer readable medium comprising computer executable instructions to:

determine a node corresponding to a file system in a hierarchical data structure;

determine a node corresponding to a storage pool in the hierarchical data structure;

trace a path from the node corresponding to the storage pool to the node corresponding to the file system, wherein the path corresponds to a name of the file system.

15. The computer readable medium of claim 14, wherein the name is independent of a mount point of the file system.

16. The computer readable medium of claim 14, wherein the name complies with a naming convention comprising name=[storage pool name]/([container name]*/[file system name]*)*.

17. The computer readable medium of claim 14, wherein the storage pool comprises a plurality of disks.

18. The computer readable medium of claim 17, wherein the hierarchical data structure is stored in a meta database.

19. The computer readable medium of claim 18, wherein the file system is located on a first one of the plurality of disks and the meta database is located on a second one of the plurality of disks, wherein the first one of the plurality of disks and the second one of the plurality of disks are located in the storage pool.