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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2006
Harriet G. Coverston, New Brighton, MN (US);
Anton B. Rang, Houlton, WI (US);
Brian D. Reitz, Apple Valley, MN (US);
Andrew B. Hastings, Eagan, MN (US);
Harriet G. Coverston, New Brighton, MN (US);
Anton B. Rang, Houlton, WI (US);
Brian D. Reitz, Apple Valley, MN (US);
Andrew B. Hastings, Eagan, MN (US);
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A distributed file system is disclosed which may include one or more input/output (I/O) nodes and one or more compute nodes. The I/O nodes and the compute nodes may be communicably coupled through an interconnect. Each compute node may include applications to perform specific functions and perform I/O functions through libraries and file system call handlers. The file system call handlers may be capable of providing application programming interfaces (APIs) to facilitate communication between the plurality of I/O nodes and the applications. The file system call handlers may use a message port system to communicate with other compute nodes.