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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2013
Hitachi Data Systems Engineering Uk Limited, Berkshire, GB;
Richard Powell, Maidenhead, GB;
James Gibbs, Wokingham, GB;
Timothy Warner, Farnborough, GB;
Zahra Tabaaloute, Southhampton, GB;
Hitachi Data Systems Engineering UK Limited, Berkshire, GB;
Abstract
The method performed by the apparatus includes interconnecting a first file system managing unitbetween the plurality of client computersand the second file system managing unit, creating a first directory /root in a first file system managed by the first file system managing unit, associating a first directory /root of the second file system with the first directory /root of the first file system, enabling on-demand virtualization of the second file system by the first file system managing unitbased on client requests received from the client computersat the first file system managing unitand based on the association between the first directory of the first file system and the first directory of the second file system, and enabling indirect client access to the second file system through the first file system.