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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2024
Dell Products L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);
Adrian Michaud, Carlisle, MA (US);
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
A system for managing storage and access to data for a file system includes a client device, a file system server, and a storage device. The file system server may perform a method that includes receiving a request for a file system object from the client device, wherein the request comprises a logical block address (LBA) associated with a data block of the file system object. The LBA includes a storage device index corresponding to the storage device, a block size index corresponding to a size of the data block, and a block number corresponding to a block index of a plurality of data blocks stored in the storage device. In response to the request: the method further includes determining a storage location of the data block using the LBA, obtaining data associated with the data block from the storage device, and providing the data to the client device.