Simultaneously accessing file objects through Web services and file services
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Abstract
Accessing data file objects includes providing a file system interface on a client, where the file system interface allows an application running on the client to make file system calls to access the data file objects. A Web Services interface may also be provided on the client, where the Web Services interface allows an application to access file objects using the Web Services at the same time that file objects are being accessed through the file system interface. The Web Services interface may be a SOAP interface and/or a REST interface. Accessing data file objects may also include providing a direct file object interface on the client, where the direct file object interface allows an application to directly access file objects at the same time that file objects are being accessed using the Web Services interface and using the file system interface.
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34 Claims
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1. -22. (canceled)
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23. A method of managing objects for a data file, comprising:
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obtaining a metadata object for the file; determining if the metadata object indicates that a portion of the data file includes synchronous mirrors; and in response to a write of new data to the data file, writing the new data to each synchronous mirror. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. Computer software, provided in a computer-readable medium, that manages objects for a data file, the software comprising:
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executable code that obtains a metadata object for the file; executable code that determines if the metadata object indicates that a portion of the data file includes synchronous mirrors; and executable code that writes the new data to each synchronous mirror in response to a write of new data to the data file. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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