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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2015
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 and an apparatus provides a virtualized file system enabling indirect access to a second file system in a data storage system comprising a plurality of client computersand a second file system managing unitfor managing the second file system and enabling client access to the second file system, the method comprising interconnecting a first file system managing unitbetween the plurality of client computersand the second file system managing unit, creating a directory /root in a first file system managed by the first file system managing unit, a directory /root of the second file system with the 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 unit