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Forwarding filesystem-level information to a storage management system

  • US 8,356,016 B1
  • Filed: 09/02/2011
  • Issued: 01/15/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/02/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method for forwarding filesystem-level information to a storage management system in a computing device, wherein the storage management systems of multiple computing devices manage front-end caches for data stored in a network storage system, the method comprising:

  • receiving a request to perform a file operation from a client computing device via a network;

    issuing one or more filesystem operations associated with the request;

    using a filesystem device driver to extract filesystem-level information from the one or more filesystem operations;

    forwarding the filesystem-level information to the storage management system, wherein the storage management system communicates with a second storage management system of a second computing device to ensure data consistency for the data stored by the network storage system; and

    wherein using the filesystem device driver to extract filesystem-level information facilitates maintaining data consistency for the network storage system while providing multiple client computing devices transparent, shared access to the network storage system.

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