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ACCESSING A BLOCK BASED VOLUME AS A FILE BASED VOLUME

  • US 20170068686A1
  • Filed: 09/07/2015
  • Published: 03/09/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/07/2015
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for accessing a block level volume by a file level client, the method comprises:

  • receiving, by a network attached storage (NAS) interface of a storage system, a file level command that is associated with a virtual pathname that is indicative that the file level command is aimed to a given block level volume and not to a file of a file system;

    translating, by the storage system, the file level command to a block level command for accessing the given block level volume;

    accessing, by the storage system, the given block level volume to provide a block level response;

    converting, by the storage system, the block level response to a file level response; and

    sending to the file level client the file level response.

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