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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2020
Netapp Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Nikhil Bhavadas Kaplingat, Karnataka, IN;
Mohankumar Ganesan, Karnataka, IN;
Rajasekar P, Tamilnadu, IN;
Guru Prashanth Thanakodi, Erode, IN;
Rashid Shabbir Nadaf, Dharwad, IN;
NetApp, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Techniques are provided for a maintaining and utilizing a file index and a file version index. Metadata may be evaluated to identify constant attributes and modifiable attributes of files. A file index of a file catalog may be populated with the constant attributes. A file version index of the file catalog may be populated with the modifiable attributes as file versions of the files. In response to receiving a request for a file, the file index and the file version index are evaluated to identify a location of the file within a data source. Access to the file at the location within the data source is provided.