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Patent No.:

US 8577939 B1

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Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2013

Filed:

Jan. 31, 2012
Applicant:

Tim Laberge, St. Paul, MN (US);

Inventor:

Tim LaBerge, St. Paul, MN (US);

Assignee:

Quantum Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method for converting metadata in a hierarchical configuration within a filesystem from a first format to a second format includes reading metadata in the first format within the hierarchical configuration; writing the metadata from the hierarchical configuration into a flat file; and writing the metadata back into the hierarchical configuration, the metadata being in the second format. The method can also include increasing the size of each of a first inode and a second inode within a first inode chunk in the filesystem, assigning the first inode to the first inode chunk, and assigning the second inode to a second inode chunk.


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