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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2014
Applicants:
Joseph Moore, Wichita, KS (US);
Ziling Huang, Lincoln, NE (US);
Inventors:
Joseph Moore, Wichita, KS (US);
Ziling Huang, Lincoln, NE (US);
Assignee:
NetApp, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30097 (2013.01); G06F 17/302 (2013.01); G06F 17/30094 (2013.01);
Abstract
Technology is disclosed for partitioning a namespace of a large scale data storage service. In various embodiments, the technology receives a file path; employs a hashing function to produce a hash value for the received file path; and identifies a name node handling the produced hash value, wherein the name node is configured to communicate with one or more data nodes for handling file requests on the file path.