PACKETIZED BOOT SERVICE BROADCASTING
First Claim
1. A machine implemented system that partitions, distributes and reassembles a virtual file system, comprising:
- a server that partitions the virtual file system into blocks and continually distributes the blocks in one or more packets; and
a client that receives the one or more packets in mid sequence of the distribution of the one or more packets, the client contemporaneously reassembles blocks contained in the one or more packets immediately on receipt of the one or more packets to constitute the virtual file system.
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Abstract
A system and method that facilitates and effectuates partitioning, broadcasting and reassembling of a virtual file system on a machine dispersed on a network topology. The system and method includes partitioning virtual file systems into blocks and thereafter continually disseminating the blocks in packets. Additionally the system and method include receiving the packets in an arbitrary sequence, contemporaneously reassembling the blocks contained in the packets to constitute the virtual file system and utilizing the reconstituted virtual file system to boot the machine on which the virtual file system has been reassembled.
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20 Claims
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1. A machine implemented system that partitions, distributes and reassembles a virtual file system, comprising:
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a server that partitions the virtual file system into blocks and continually distributes the blocks in one or more packets; and a client that receives the one or more packets in mid sequence of the distribution of the one or more packets, the client contemporaneously reassembles blocks contained in the one or more packets immediately on receipt of the one or more packets to constitute the virtual file system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method effectuated on a machine for partitioning, disseminating and reassembling a virtual file system, comprising:
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partitioning the virtual file system into a block; ensconcing the block into a packet; broadcasting the packet over a network topology in an arbitrary sequence; receiving the packet in the arbitrary sequence; and contemporaneously reconstructing the virtual file system from the packet as received in the arbitrary sequence. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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20. A system that partitions, broadcasts and constructs a virtual file system, comprising:
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means for partitioning the virtual file system into a block; means for including the blocks into packets; means for transmitting the packets over a network; means for receiving the packets in a random sequence and reconstructing the virtual file system on a persisting means associated with the means for receiving, the reconstructed virtual file system employed to boot the means for receiving.
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