Netapp, Inc.

Ghassan Abdallah Yammine

Derek William Beard

Duen-wen Hsiao

Jason Dillard Preston

Gregory Scott Althaus

Gregory Becker

Gregory A Dahl

Kris Allen Meier

Bryan Venteicher

To leverage the attributes of object storage for applications/systems created to interface with a network files system, an object storage backed file system can accept the defined file system commands from the applications/systems and transform the file system commands into requests that target object storage. The file system is 'backed' by object storage because attributes and content of file system entities are stored in objects. For instance, content data and metadata of a file are stored in objects in object storage. This object storage backed file system can be considered a bridge between a client perceived hierarchical file system namespace and a flat namespace of an object storage.

Namespace hierarchy preservation with multiple object storage objects

Examples described herein include a computer system, positioned in-line with respect to a plurality of clients that actively use a source file system, to replicate a source file system on a target memory in presence of out-of-band events which after the source file system.

Detecting out-of-band (OOB) changes when replicating a source file system using an in-line system

A network attached storage (NAS) caching appliance, system, and associated method of operation for caching a networked file system. Still further, some embodiments provide for a cache system that implements a mufti-tiered, policy-influenced block replacement algorithm.

System and method for operating a system to cache a networked file system utilizing tiered storage and customizable eviction policies based on priority and tiers

Examples described herein include a computer system, positioned in-line with respect to a plurality of clients that actively use a source file system, to replicate a source file system on a target memory in presence of out-of-band events which alter the source file system.

A system for migrating data from a source file system to a destination file system, in a manner that is transparent and seamless to clients of the source file system.

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Leander, TX, United States of America

Ghassan Abdallah Yammine