FILE LIST GENERATION METHOD, SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM, AND FILE LIST GENERATION DEVICE

• US 20130204913A1
• Filed: 01/17/2013
• Published: 08/08/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/07/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hitachi Solutions Limited (Hitachi, Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Hitachi Solutions Limited (Hitachi, Ltd.)
• Inventors: NISHIDA, Shimpei, FURUYA, Saori
• Application Number:
  US13/743,723
• Publication Number:
  US 20130204913A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/827
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/1734 Details of monitoring file system events, e.g. by the use of hooks, filter drivers, logs
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/182 Distributed file systems

Abstract

A file list generation method of the present invention includes: a first step of acquiring, from a file server, an operation history list showing additions, changes, and deletions performed on file data in a search target file after the last search index creating operation, the file server managing the search target file; and a second step of, when more than one operation history about a single file is included in the acquired operation history list, obtaining only the latest operation histories and then consolidating the operation histories and operation histories of the other files, and outputting the consolidated list as a difference list showing the differences from the history list of operations performed on the search target file after the last search index creating operation.

Claims

1. A file list generation method comprising:

a first step of acquiring, from a file server, an operation history list showing an addition, a change, and a deletion performed on file data in a search target file after the last search index creating operation, the file server managing the search target file; and

a second step of, when a plurality of operation histories about a single file are included in the acquired operation history list, obtaining only the latest operation histories and then consolidating the operation histories and operation histories of another file, and outputting the consolidated list as a difference list showing a difference from a history list of operations performed on the search target file after the last search index creating operation.

2. The file list generation method according to claim 1, wherein, when the number of the operation histories acquired in the first step is equal to or larger than a predetermined number, difference lists about respective file paths are generated by a plurality of distributed processing servers in a parallel manner, and the difference lists about the respective file paths are consolidated and are output as a difference list in the second step.

3. The file list generation method according to claim 1, wherein

a period of time from the last search index creating operation until the present time is divided into a plurality of periods, and operation history lists about the respective divisional periods are acquired in the first step, and,

in the second step, when processing of the acquired operation history lists is assigned to a plurality of distributed processing servers, and a plurality of operation histories about a single file are included in the operation history lists assigned to the respective distributed processing servers, only the latest operation histories are obtained, the operation histories and operation histories processed by another distributed processing server in a distributed manner are consolidated and are output as a difference list showing a difference from a history list of operations performed on the search target file after the last search index creating operation.

4. A file list generation system comprising:

first means that acquires, from a file server, an operation history list showing an addition, a change, and a deletion performed on file data in a search target file after the last search index creating operation, the file server managing the search target file; and

second means that, when a plurality of operation histories about a single file are included in the acquired operation history list, obtains only the latest operation histories and then consolidates the operation histories and operation histories of another file, and outputs the consolidated list as a difference list showing a difference from a history list of operations performed on the search target file after the last search index creating operation.

5. The file list generation system according to claim 4, wherein, when the number of the operation histories acquired by the first means is equal to or larger than a predetermined number, difference lists about respective file paths are generated by a plurality of distributed processing servers in a parallel manner, and the second means consolidates the difference lists about the respective file paths to output a difference list.

6. The file list generation system according to claim 4, wherein

a period of time from the last search index creating operation until the present time is divided into a plurality of periods, and the first means acquires operation history lists about the respective divisional periods, and,

when processing of the acquired operation history lists is assigned to a plurality of distributed processing servers, and a plurality of operation histories about a single file are included in the operation history lists assigned to the respective distributed processing servers, the second means obtains only the latest operation histories, consolidates the operation histories and operation histories processed by another distributed processing server in a distributed manner, and outputs the consolidated list as a difference list showing a difference from a history list of operations performed on the search target file after the last search index creating operation.

7. A non-transitory computer readable media storing a file list generation program used in a file list creation server, the program causing the file list creation server to execute a process, the process comprising:

a first step of acquiring, from a file server, an operation history list showing an addition, a change, and a deletion performed on file data in a search target file after the last search index creating operation, the file server managing the search target file; and

a second step of, when a plurality of operation histories about a single file are included in the acquired operation history list, obtaining only the latest operation histories and then consolidating the operation histories and operation histories of another file, and outputting the consolidated list as a difference list showing a difference from a history list of operations performed on the search target file after the last search index creating operation.

8. The non-transitory computer readable media according to claim 7, wherein, when the number of the operation histories acquired in the first step is equal to or larger than a predetermined number, difference lists about respective file paths are generated by a plurality of distributed processing servers in a parallel manner, and the difference lists about the respective file paths are consolidated and are output as a difference list in the second step.

9. The non-transitory computer readable media according to claim 7, wherein

a period of time from the last search index creating operation until the present time is divided into a plurality of periods, and operation history lists about the respective divisional periods are acquired in the first step, and,

in the second step, when processing of the acquired operation history lists is assigned to a plurality of distributed processing servers, and a plurality of operation histories about a single file are included in the operation history lists assigned to the respective distributed processing servers, only the latest operation histories are obtained, the operation histories and operation histories processed by another distributed processing server in a distributed manner are consolidated and are output as a difference list showing a difference from a history list of operations performed on the search target file after the last search index creating operation.

10. A file list generation device comprising:

first means that acquires, from a file server, an operation history list showing an addition, a change, and a deletion performed on file data in a search target file after the last search index creating operation, the file server managing the search target file; and

second means that, when a plurality of operation histories about a single file are included in the acquired operation history list, obtains only the latest operation histories and then consolidates the operation histories and operation histories of another file, and outputs the consolidated list as a difference list showing a difference from a history list of operations performed on the search target file after the last search index creating operation.

11. The file list generation device according to claim 10, wherein, when the number of the operation histories acquired by the first means is equal to or larger than a predetermined number, difference lists about respective file paths are generated by a plurality of distributed processing servers in a parallel manner, and the second means consolidates the difference lists about the respective file paths to output a difference list.

12. The file list generation device according to claim 10, wherein

a period of time from the last search index creating operation until the present time is divided into a plurality of periods, and the first means acquires operation history lists about the respective divisional periods, and,

when processing of the acquired operation history lists is assigned to a plurality of distributed processing servers, and a plurality of operation histories about a single file are included in the operation history lists assigned to the respective distributed processing servers, the second means obtains only the latest operation histories, consolidates the operation histories and operation histories processed by another distributed processing server in a distributed manner, and outputs the consolidated list as a difference list showing a difference from a history list of operations performed on the search target file after the last search index creating operation.