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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2021
Qnap Systems, Inc., New Taipei City, TW;
Tsu-Yu Wu, New Taipei City, TW;
QNAP Systems, Inc., New Taipei City, TW;
Abstract
An index node (inode) allocation method, a corresponding data processing device and a corresponding computer-readable medium are provided. The method is applicable to a file system and includes the following steps: allocating a range including a plurality of consecutive inodes to a directory in the file system when a directory order mode is already activated, wherein files in the directory are sorted according to hash values of the files; dividing the range of inodes into a plurality of sub-regions; and when a new file is created in the directory, selecting one of the sub-regions according to a hash value of the new file, so as to allocate an inode in the selected sub-region to the new file.