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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2002
Applicants:
Shahar Frank, Ramat Hasharon, IL;
Nir Peleg, Beer Yaacov, IL;
Menachem Rosin, Rehovot, IL;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Exanet Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F012/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A distributed shared file system (DSFS) comprising a network file system (NFS) capable of receiving at least a request from at least a client, a distributed cache, a metadata storage containing metadata information related to files stored in the NFS, a mapper capable of handling pointers to point to locations of data within the files and the metadata information, an agent capable of handling said request, and a relocator capable of relocating data within the NFS operative with said agent.