EP1584011A4 - Metadata based file switch and switched file system - Google Patents

Metadata based file switch and switched file system

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EP1584011A4
EP1584011A4 EP03814952A EP03814952A EP1584011A4 EP 1584011 A4 EP1584011 A4 EP 1584011A4 EP 03814952 A EP03814952 A EP 03814952A EP 03814952 A EP03814952 A EP 03814952A EP 1584011 A4 EP1584011 A4 EP 1584011A4
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Prior art keywords
switched
metadata based
switch
file
file system
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German (de)
French (fr)
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EP1584011A2 (en
Inventor
Vladimir Miloushev
Peter Nickolov
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F5 Inc
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F5 Networks Inc
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Priority claimed from US10/336,835 external-priority patent/US7383288B2/en
Priority claimed from US10/336,784 external-priority patent/US7788335B2/en
Priority claimed from US10/336,704 external-priority patent/US6889249B2/en
Priority claimed from US10/336,834 external-priority patent/US7509322B2/en
Priority claimed from US10/336,833 external-priority patent/US20040133606A1/en
Priority claimed from US10/336,832 external-priority patent/US7512673B2/en
Application filed by F5 Networks Inc filed Critical F5 Networks Inc
Publication of EP1584011A2 publication Critical patent/EP1584011A2/en
Publication of EP1584011A4 publication Critical patent/EP1584011A4/en
Withdrawn legal-status Critical Current

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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L67/00—Network arrangements or protocols for supporting network services or applications
    • H04L67/01—Protocols
    • H04L67/10—Protocols in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network
    • H04L67/1097—Protocols in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network for distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS]
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L67/00—Network arrangements or protocols for supporting network services or applications
    • H04L67/01—Protocols
    • H04L67/10—Protocols in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network
    • H04L67/1001—Protocols in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network for accessing one among a plurality of replicated servers
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L67/00—Network arrangements or protocols for supporting network services or applications
    • H04L67/50—Network services
    • H04L67/56—Provisioning of proxy services
    • H04L67/566—Grouping or aggregating service requests, e.g. for unified processing

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Computer Networks & Wireless Communication (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Information Retrieval, Db Structures And Fs Structures Therefor (AREA)
  • Multi Processors (AREA)
EP03814952A 2003-01-02 2003-12-18 Metadata based file switch and switched file system Withdrawn EP1584011A4 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (13)

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US336784 2003-01-02
US10/336,835 US7383288B2 (en) 2001-01-11 2003-01-02 Metadata based file switch and switched file system
US336833 2003-01-02
US336832 2003-01-02
US336835 2003-01-02
US10/336,784 US7788335B2 (en) 2001-01-11 2003-01-02 Aggregated opportunistic lock and aggregated implicit lock management for locking aggregated files in a switched file system
US336704 2003-01-02
US336834 2003-01-02
US10/336,704 US6889249B2 (en) 2001-01-11 2003-01-02 Transaction aggregation in a switched file system
US10/336,834 US7509322B2 (en) 2001-01-11 2003-01-02 Aggregated lock management for locking aggregated files in a switched file system
US10/336,833 US20040133606A1 (en) 2003-01-02 2003-01-02 Directory aggregation for files distributed over a plurality of servers in a switched file system
US10/336,832 US7512673B2 (en) 2001-01-11 2003-01-02 Rule based aggregation of files and transactions in a switched file system
PCT/US2003/041202 WO2004061605A2 (en) 2003-01-02 2003-12-18 Medata based file switch and switched file system

Publications (2)

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EP1584011A2 EP1584011A2 (en) 2005-10-12
EP1584011A4 true EP1584011A4 (en) 2010-10-06

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