Client-based name cache handling external to distributed storage system

Abstract

Name caching can be used external to a distributed file system (DFS), such as a network file system (NFS), to reduce the complexity of facilitating a file operation at the DFS. A system that can use the name caching and request the file operation of the DFS can comprise a processor and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations. The operations can comprise, in response to a lookup operation or a file operation performed by a DFS, storing, using the processor, a name cache entry for each directory element accessed during the lookup operation or the file operation. The operations further can comprise sending, to the DFS, a single request that comprises a compound command comprising requests for a set of lookup operations and for a file operation.