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Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2015

Filed:

Nov. 29, 2004
Applicants:

Narayana R. Tummala, Gibsonia, PA (US);

Michael Kazar, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Vasilis Apostolides, Wexford, PA (US);

Bruce W. Leverett, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Inventors:

Narayana R. Tummala, Gibsonia, PA (US);

Michael Kazar, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Vasilis Apostolides, Wexford, PA (US);

Bruce W. Leverett, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Assignee:

NetApp, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30091 (2013.01); G06F 17/30067 (2013.01);
Abstract

A technique for permitting multiple virtual file system having the same VFS identifier to be served by a single storage system. A data frame descriptor data structure is modified to include a storage pool index value that indexes into a storage pool array to identify a storage pool descriptor. The storage pool (SP) descriptor includes a SP ID, which is used in conjunction with a VFS ID to uniquely identify the VFS to which dirtied data is to be written.


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