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Unification of directory service with file system services

  • US 5,689,700 A
  • Filed: 12/29/1993
  • Issued: 11/18/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/29/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a distributed system having components including at least one storage device and at least one computer system, a distributed file system for storing files in file system structures and a distributed name space of names of the file system structures in which each distinct name may refer to only one file system structure, a method comprising the steps of:

  • storing files in the storage device in the file system structures;

    storing directory entries in the storage device in the file system structures that store the files such that the directory entries have names in the distributed name space, at least some of said directory entries holding information regarding how to locate the file system structures in the distributed system; and

    accessing a first of the file system structures in the storage device that stores at least one directory entry to locate a second of the file system structures using the information stored in the first file system structure.

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