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Computer architectures using shared storage

  • US 8,171,337 B2
  • Filed: 03/30/2010
  • Issued: 05/01/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system, comprising:

  • multiple instances of shared storage, wherein each of the instances of shared storage includes data and file system metadata separated from the data, wherein the file system metadata includes location data specifying storage location infounation related to the data, wherein a persistent common view is provided of local and remote files, file systems, and services in the shared storage, and wherein two or more of the multiple instances of shared storage have different governance policies; and

    a virtualization layer supporting proxying to enable non-direct access clients to access the shared storage.

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