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Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2016

Filed:

Aug. 11, 2009
Applicants:

Laxmikant Vithal Gunda, Pune, IN;

Pillai Biju Shanmugham, Pune, IN;

Inventors:
Assignee:

Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G06F 11/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/1448 (2013.01);
Abstract

The virtualization of file system placeholders is described. In one embodiment, a method for virtualizing placeholders includes monitoring placeholder creation initiated by at least one archival operation, generating placeholder data in a separate data store from a file system, wherein the placeholder data comprises a plurality of placeholders that correspond with a plurality of archived files, and servicing access requests for at least one archived file of the plurality of archived files using the placeholder data.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Gunda, Laxmikant. (2016). Method and apparatus for virtualizing file system placeholders at a computer (U.S. Patent No. 9239762). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9239762

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