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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2010
Filed:
May. 30, 2003
David Cappers Steere, Bellevue, WA (US);
Rohan Kumar, Redmond, WA (US);
Yun Lin, Kirkland, WA (US);
Danilo D'amico Almeida, Woodinville, WA (US);
Shishir Purushottam Pardikar, Redmond, WA (US);
David Cappers Steere, Bellevue, WA (US);
Rohan Kumar, Redmond, WA (US);
Yun Lin, Kirkland, WA (US);
Danilo D'Amico Almeida, Woodinville, WA (US);
Shishir Purushottam Pardikar, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
The invention provides a distributed file system configured to delegate file system operations to clients. The client obtains a delegation associated with an object managed by the server. The delegation enables the client to perform a file system operation on behalf of the server. The client caches the object and enables users associated with the client to access the object in accordance with the delegation.