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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2008
Liviu Iftode, Princeton, NJ (US);
Stephen Smaldone, Monroe Township, NA;
Aniruddha Bohra, Monmouth Junction, NA;
Liviu Iftode, Princeton, NJ (US);
Stephen Smaldone, Monroe Township, NA;
Aniruddha Bohra, Monmouth Junction, NA;
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ (US);
Abstract
According to various embodiments of the invention, a system and method for controlling a file system. In some embodiments, a control plane interposes between a data plane user and a data plane, intercepts file system operations, and performs control plane operations upon the file system operations. In one such embodiment, the system and method is implemented between a data plane user that is a local file system user and a data plane that is a local file system. In another such embodiment, the system and method is implemented between a data plane user that is a client and a data plane that is a file server. Furthermore, for an embodiment where the control plane that interposes between a client and a file server, the control plane can be implemented as a file system proxy. Control plane operations include, but are not limited to, observation, verification, and transformation of a file system operation.