Technique For Virtualizing Storage Using Stateless Servers
First Claim
1. A method of virtualizing networked heterogeneous storage devices in a computing system, wherein the networked heterogeneous storage devices includes a plurality of physical file systems hosted on associated file servers, and wherein each physical file system includes a storage space in which a plurality of data files may be stored comprising:
- self discovering mapping information between a plurality of virtual file systems to the plurality of physical file systems upon startup by a virtual data store (VDS) server.
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Abstract
A technique for virtualizing storage using stateless servers is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for virtualizing a plurality of file systems hosted on associated file servers, wherein each physical file system includes a storage space in which a plurality of data files may be stored, includes self discovery of the mapping information from the plurality of virtual file systems providing multiple consolidated global names spaces to the plurality of physical file systems upon startup by a VDS server.
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24 Claims
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1. A method of virtualizing networked heterogeneous storage devices in a computing system, wherein the networked heterogeneous storage devices includes a plurality of physical file systems hosted on associated file servers, and wherein each physical file system includes a storage space in which a plurality of data files may be stored comprising:
self discovering mapping information between a plurality of virtual file systems to the plurality of physical file systems upon startup by a virtual data store (VDS) server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An article, comprising:
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a storage medium having instructions, that when executed by a computing platform, result in execution of a method of virtualizing networked heterogeneous storage devices in a computing system comprising; self discovering mapping information between a plurality of virtual file systems to a plurality of physical file systems upon startup by a VDS server, wherein the networked heterogeneous storage devices includes the plurality of physical file systems hosted on associated file servers, and wherein each physical file system includes a storage space in which a plurality of data files may be stored. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A virtual enterprise file system comprising:
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a plurality of clients; a plurality of file systems located in associated physical repositories and wherein each physical file system includes a storage space in which a plurality of data files may be stored; and a VDS server hosting a VDS component, wherein the VDS component self discovers mapping information from a plurality of virtual file systems to the plurality of physical file systems upon startup. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A virtual enterprise file system comprising:
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a plurality of clients; a plurality of file systems located in associated physical repositories and wherein each file system includes a storage space in which a plurality of data files may be stored; and multiple VDS servers, wherein each VDS server hosts a VDS component, wherein the VDS component in one of the multiple VDS servers self discovers the mapping of the files and the folders of a plurality of virtual file systems to the files and folders on plurality of physical file systems upon startup. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24)
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