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Clustered file service

  • US 9,652,469 B2
  • Filed: 06/04/2011
  • Issued: 05/16/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/04/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system comprising:

  • a plurality of devices, each of said devices having a file service operable on each of said plurality of devices;

    a data store comprising files, said data store being accessible to each of said plurality of devices;

    a namespace definition defining an organization for said files into a share, said namespace definition being stored in a cluster database on a master node accessible to each of said plurality of devices, said share being made available to client devices, the namespace definition, in addition to defining the organization, also defines which files are to be included within the share;

    said file service that identifies changes to said namespace definition and updates said namespace definition on said cluster database on said master node to an updated namespace definition on said cluster database on the master node, said file service further updates a locally cached version of said namespace definition on at least one of the plurality of devices.

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