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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2015
Dell Products L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);
Anna Stopel, Herzliya, IL;
Dina Fine, Herzlia, IL;
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
A method and a system for reconnecting Server Message Block (SMB) clients to file handles. The method may include: generating a file handle, wherein the handle has a handle identifier and further associated with at least one data key other than the file name; embedding a protocol server identifier within the handle identifier, wherein the protocol server identifier relates to a protocol server to which the handle is assigned, wherein the protocol server is a data structure containing a list of all valid handles that belong to a specific file; sending an operation request from the client to the distributed file system, wherein the file system operation request includes the handle identifier and the at least one data key; locating the protocol server based on the protocol server identifier, upon receiving the operation request at the distributed file system; and validating the data key for executing the operation request.