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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2006
Vitaly M. Oratovsky, Newton, MA (US);
Sudhir Srinivasan, Acton, MA (US);
Benjamin Levin, Swampscott, MA (US);
Kevin J. Shea, Boxborough, MA (US);
Shaji O. John, Charlestown, MA (US);
Boris Zuckerman, Marblehead, MA (US);
Steven A. Orszag, Princeton, NJ (US);
Vitaly M. Oratovsky, Newton, MA (US);
Sudhir Srinivasan, Acton, MA (US);
Benjamin Levin, Swampscott, MA (US);
Kevin J. Shea, Boxborough, MA (US);
Shaji O. John, Charlestown, MA (US);
Boris Zuckerman, Marblehead, MA (US);
Steven A. Orszag, Princeton, NJ (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
An apparatus in a first device of an association of devices includes a processor configured to: communicate with a storage device storing segments of a distributed, segmented single first file system including file system entities residing in segments and including at least portions of one of files and directories, the association of devices including file servers that control metadata of separate segments of the single first file system, including metadata of file system entities residing in the segments; communicate with a backup module configured to backup file system data of a second file system different from a distributed, segmented file system; analyze data in the single first file system to determine data associated with different segments of the single first file system; and present data from the single first file system to the backup module in accordance with what data belong to which segment of the single first file system.