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DISTRIBUTED FILE SYSTEM SNAPSHOT

  • US 20160246803A1
  • Filed: 04/12/2016
  • Published: 08/25/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/03/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer implemented method, comprising:

  • receiving metadata information associated with data stored within a distributed file system having a namespace, the namespace maintaining a hierarchy of files and directories associated with the stored data;

    creating a secondary namespace within a local file system using the metadata information, a hierarchy of files and directories in the secondary namespace corresponding to the hierarchy of files and directories in the namespace of the distributed file system; and

    creating an image of the secondary namespace when a request to create an image of the distributed file system is received, the image of the secondary namespace created using an image creation feature of the local file system.

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