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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2005
Applicants:
David Hitz, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
John K. Edwards, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
David Hitz, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
John K. Edwards, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
NetApp, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and method enables a storage system to support multiple volume type simultaneously. A volume type field is contained within a file system information block that permits the storage system to determine the type of volume of a particular volume associated therewith. The storage operating system may then interpret various on-disk data structures in accordance with the appropriate volume type.