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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2010
Daniel Clash, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Michael L. Kazar, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
John R. Boyles, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Jeffrey Butler, Sewickley, PA (US);
Joseph Hosteny, Iv, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Daniel S. Nydick, Wexford, PA (US);
Daniel Clash, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Michael L. Kazar, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
John R. Boyles, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Jeffrey Butler, Sewickley, PA (US);
Joseph Hosteny, IV, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Daniel S. Nydick, Wexford, PA (US);
Avere Systems, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
A system for storing file data and directory data received over a network includes a network interface in communication with the network which receives NAS requests containing data to be written to files from the network. The system includes a first type of storage. The system includes a second type of storage different from the first type of storage. The system includes a policy specification n which specifies a first portion of one or more files' data which is less than all of the files' data is stored in the first type of storage and a second portion of the data which is less than all of the data of the files is stored in the second type of store. The system comprises a processing unit which executes the policy and causes the first portion to be stored in the first type of storage and a second portion to be stored in the second type of storage. A method for storing file data and directory data received over a network.