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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2022
Vast Data Ltd., Tel Aviv, IL;
VAST DATA LTD., Tel Aviv, IL;
Abstract
A method for obtaining information related to a filesystem path in a file system that is stored in a storage system, the method may include (i) receiving a request to obtain hierarchy information related to file system entities stored under the filesystem path; and (ii) retrieving the hierarchy information; wherein the retrieving comprises accessing a filesystem hierarchy table that stores information regarding pathnames of file system entities of the file system; wherein the retrieving includes searching for path components of the filesystem path in subsets of cells of the filesystem hierarchy table, wherein each subset of cells is part of a set of cells that include path components of a certain pathname of a filesystem entity that belong to the file system.