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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2017
Applicant:
Netapp, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Richard P. Jernigan, IV, Sewickley, PA (US);
Robert Wyckoff Hyer, Jr., Seven Fields, PA (US);
Daniel Tennant, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Assignee:
NETAPP, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30115 (2013.01); G06F 17/3053 (2013.01); G06F 17/30094 (2013.01); G06F 17/30194 (2013.01); G06F 17/30864 (2013.01); G06F 17/30952 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for adaptive data placement in a distributed file system is provided. Upon creation of a new subdirectory, a first heuristic procedure is formed to determine whether the newly created subdirectory should be created locally or on a remote flexible volume. Should it be determination be made to create or store the subdirectory on a remote flexible volume, a second heuristic procedure determines which of a plurality of flexible volumes should store the newly created subdirectory.