DYNAMIC DETECTION AND SELECTION OF FILE SERVERS IN A CACHING APPLICATION OR SYSTEM
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1. A computer-readable medium that stores instructions for operating a cache appliance, the computer-readable medium including instructions that when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising and comprising:
- connecting the cache appliance in-line as between a networked file system and one or more clients of the networked file system, the cache appliance storing data corresponding to at least a segment of the networked file system;
processing requests from the one or more clients for application data provided by the networked file system; and
determining a topology of an enterprise network that includes the networked file system using the requests from the one or more clients, the topology identifying a set of network end points that comprise the enterprise network.
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Abstract
A cache system includes one or more network attached storage (NAS) caching appliances for managing a network topology of the enterprise network, in which the cache system dynamically probes the enterprise network to build a topology map of the accessible network devices.
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1. A computer-readable medium that stores instructions for operating a cache appliance, the computer-readable medium including instructions that when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising and comprising:
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connecting the cache appliance in-line as between a networked file system and one or more clients of the networked file system, the cache appliance storing data corresponding to at least a segment of the networked file system; processing requests from the one or more clients for application data provided by the networked file system; and determining a topology of an enterprise network that includes the networked file system using the requests from the one or more clients, the topology identifying a set of network end points that comprise the enterprise network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A cache system comprising:
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memory resources, including a first memory to store a set of instructions, and a cache to store data from at least a segment of a network; processing resources to; connect the cache system in-line as between a networked file system and one or more clients of the networked file system, the cache system storing data corresponding to at least a segment of the networked file system; process requests from the one or more clients for application data provided by the networked file system; and determining a topology of the enterprise network using the requests from the one or more clients, the topology identifying a set of network end points that comprise the enterprise network. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for operating a set of appliances, the method being implemented by one or more processors and comprising:
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connecting a set of appliances in-line as between one or more clients and the networked file system; processing, at the set of appliances, requests from the one or more clients for application data provided by the networked file system; determining, at the set of appliances a topology of the enterprise network using the requests from the one or more clients, the topology identifying a set of network end points that comprise the enterprise network. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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