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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2011
Geoffrey Thomas Cooney, Arlington, MA (US);
Kenneth D. Mccracken, Lexington, MA (US);
Zane Zheng Yan Pan, Lexington, MA (US);
Fujian Yang, Lexington, MA (US);
Geoffrey Thomas Cooney, Arlington, MA (US);
Kenneth D. McCracken, Lexington, MA (US);
Zane Zheng Yan Pan, Lexington, MA (US);
Fujian Yang, Lexington, MA (US);
Nokia Corporation, Espoo, FI;
Abstract
An approach is provided for implementing a virtual file system using a key-value-based storage interface. A key-value directory framework determines one or more files stored in at least one stream-based file store. The key-value directory framework causes, at least in part, a grouping of the one or more files into at least one key-value directory. The key-value directory includes, at least in part, one or more key-value pairs of a distributed key-value store. The key-value directory framework also causes, at least in part, a storage of (a) at least one identifier of the one or more files, the at least one key-value directory, or a combination thereof as one or more keys of the one or more key-value pairs; (b) block-based access information associated with the one or more files as one or more values of the key-value pairs; and (c) a locking mechanism to facilitate coordination of threads across multiple hosts.