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Layered Virtual File System

  • US 20110040812A1
  • Filed: 08/17/2010
  • Published: 02/17/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2007
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method of providing a virtualized workspace for a computing facility, the method comprising:

  • configuring a physical workspace of the computing facility into a plurality of virtual layers, wherein the plurality of virtual layers include at least one of a base layer and a user layer, and where the base layer is configured as the bottom most layer of the plurality of virtual layers;

    providing each of the plurality of virtual layers with its own file system hierarchy;

    overlaying the file system hierarchy of each of the plurality of virtual layers such that a file system hierarchy in a first virtual layer is configured above a file system hierarchy in a second virtual layer and has priority; and

    merging the plurality of virtual layers to provide a merged view file system to a user of the computing facility such that the presence of the plurality of virtual layers and overlaid prioritized file system hierarchy is transparent to the user.

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