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FILE SYSTEM FOR STORAGE DEVICE WHICH USES DIFFERENT CLUSTER SIZES

  • US 20100082537A1
  • Filed: 09/29/2009
  • Published: 04/01/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2008
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A storage system, comprising:

  • a storage device; and

    one or more processors executing code to manage the storage device, the one or more processors;

    a. provides data to be stored in one or more files in the storage device, each file comprising a plurality of sectors of data;

    b. without knowing a size of the one or more files, allocates at least two clusters in the storage device for storing the one or more files, wherein the at least two clusters are in a common partition of the storage device, and wherein a first one of the allocated clusters is allocated to a first portion of the storage device and contains a first number of sectors, a second one of the allocated clusters is allocated to a different, second portion of the storage device and contains a second number of sectors, and the first and second numbers of sectors are different from each other; and

    c. stores the one or more files in the allocated clusters.

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