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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2013
Emc Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Shashwat Srivastav, Seattle, WA (US);
Vishrut Shah, Redmond, WA (US);
Sriram Sankaran, Redmond, WA (US);
Jun Luo, Bellevue, WA (US);
Chen Wang, Shanghai, CN;
Huapeng Yuan, Seattle, WA (US);
Subba R. Gaddamadugu, Westborough, MA (US);
Qi Zhang, Redmond, WA (US);
Wei Yin, Shanghai, CN;
Jie Song, Shanghai, CN;
Andrew D. Robertson, Washington, DC (US);
Peter M. Musial, Arlington, MA (US);
EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Abstract
In one aspect, a method includes using a file system layer configured to interact with a plurality of volumes and enabling an application to interact with any of the plurality of volumes using a single file system format provided by the file system layer. At least two of the plurality of volumes have different file system formats.