Method and Apparatus for Accessing Network File System

• US 20110258255A1
• Filed: 06/29/2011
• Published: 10/20/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/29/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Chengdu Huawei Symantec Technologies Company Limited (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Chengdu Huawei Symantec Technologies Company Limited (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: LUO, Jiaolin
• Application Number:
  US13/172,442
• Publication Number:
  US 20110258255A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]

Abstract

A method and an apparatus for accessing a network file system (NFS) are disclosed. The method includes: receiving a first request message, which is sent by a user equipment (UE) to the NFS according to an available first file type; converting, according to a preset mapping relation, the first request message into a second request message capable of driving a second file type in the NFS, and sending the second request message to the NFS; receiving a first response message, which is based on the second file type and is sent by the NFS to the UE in response to the second request message; and converting, according to the preset mapping relation, the first response message into a second response message which is based on the first file type, and sending the second response message to the UE. With the present invention, the file system protocol can be converted, and the NFS is compatible with multiple operating systems.

Claims

1. A method for accessing a network file system (NFS), comprising:

receiving a first request message, which is sent by a user equipment (UE) to the NFS according to an available first file type;

converting, according to a preset mapping relation, the first request message into a second request message capable of driving a second file type in the NFS, and sending the second request message to the NFS;

receiving a first response message, which is based on the second file type and sent by the NFS to the UE in response to the second request message; and

converting, according to the preset mapping relation, the first response message into a second response message which is based on the first file type, and sending the second response message to the UE.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein before receiving the first request message, which is sent by the UE to the NFS according to the available first file type, the method further comprises:

configuring server plug-ins and client plug-ins, wherein each server plug-in corresponds to a file type and each client plug-in corresponds to a protocol capable of driving a specific file type; and

registering the server plug-ins and client plug-ins.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the step of receiving the first request message, which is sent by the UE to the NFS according to the available first file type, comprises:

according to the first request message sent by the UE, selecting a first server plug-in corresponding to the first file type available to the UE among the at least one server plug-in; and

receiving the first request message through the first server plug-in.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein:

the step of converting, according to the preset mapping relation, the first request message into the second request message capable of driving the second file type in the NFS, and sending the second request message to the NFS comprises;

according to the second file type in the NFS, selecting a first client plug-in capable of driving the second file type in the NFS among the at least one client plug-in;

according to the preset mapping relation, converting the first request message into the second request message supported by the first client plug-in, and sending the second request message to the first client plug-in, wherein the first client plug-in sends the received second request message to the NFS.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein:

the step of receiving the first response message, which is based on the second file type and is sent by the NFS to the UE in response to the second request message comprises;

through the first client plug-in, sending the first response message, which is based on the second file type to the UE in response to the second request message.

6. The method according to claim 4, wherein:

the step of converting, according to the preset mapping relation, the first response message into the second response message which is based on the first file type, and sending the second response message to the UE comprises;

converting the first response message received from the first client plug-in into a second response message supported by the first server plug-in, wherein the first server plug-in sends the second response message to the UE.

7. The method according to claim 5, wherein:

the step of converting, according to the preset mapping relation, the first response message into the second response message which is based on the first file type, and sending the second response message to the UE comprises;

converting the first response message received from the first client plug-in into a second response message supported by the first server plug-in, wherein the first server plug-in sends the second response message to the UE.

8. An access apparatus, comprising:

a user equipment (UE) interface, configured to receive a first request message, which is sent by a UE to a network file system (NFS) according to an available first file type, and send the first request message to a converting unit; and

send a second response message received from the converting unit to the UE;

the converting unit, configured to convert, according to a preset mapping relation, the first request message received from the UE interface into a second request message capable of driving a second file type in the NFS, and send the second request message to an NFS interface; and

convert a first response message received from the NFS interface into the second response message which is based on the first file type, and send the second response message to the UE interface; and

the NFS interface, configured to send the second request message to the NFS interface;

receive the first response message, which is based on the second file type and is sent by the NFS to the UE in response to the second request message, and send the first response message to the converting unit.

9. The access apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the converting unit comprises:

at least one server plug-in, wherein each server plug-in corresponds to a file type;

at least one client plug-in, wherein each client plug-in corresponds to a protocol capable of driving a specific file type;

a server plug-in matching subunit, configured to select, according to the first request message sent by the UE, a first server plug-in corresponding to the first file type available to the UE among the at least one server plug-in;

a client plug-in matching subunit, configured to select, according to the second file type in the NFS, a first client plug-in capable of driving the second file type in the NFS among the at least one client plug-in;

a converting subunit, configured to convert, according to the preset mapping relation, the first request message into the second request message supported by the first client plug-in, and send the second request message to the first client plug-in; and

convert the first response message received from the first client plug-in into the second response message supported by the first server plug-in;

the first client plug-in, configured to send the second request message sent by the converting subunit to the NFS, and send the first response message sent by the NFS to the converting subunit; and

the first server plug-in, configured to send the first request message sent by the UE to the converting subunit, and send the second response message sent by the converting subunit to the UE.

10. The access apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the converting unit further comprises:

a server plug-in registering subunit, configured to register each server; and

a client plug-in registering subunit, configured to register each client.

11. The access apparatus according to claim 8, wherein:

the access apparatus is located in at least one of the following;

(a) a network device between the UE and the NFS, (b) a user space of the UE, and (c) the NFS.

12. The access apparatus according to claim 9, wherein:

the access apparatus is located in at least one of the following;

(a) a network device between the UE and the NFS, (b) a user space of the UE, and (c) the NFS.

13. The access apparatus according to claim 10, wherein:

the access apparatus is located in at least one of the following;

(a) a network device between the UE and the NFS, (b) a user space of the UE, and (c) the NFS.