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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2014
Emc Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Lintao Wan, Shanghai, CN;
Smitha Mave, Bangalore, IN;
Steven Chen, Shanghai, CN;
Xi Chen, Shanghai, CN;
Ziye Yang, Shanghai, CN;
Chenhui Fan, Shanghai, CN;
EMC IP Holding Company LLC, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Abstract
A data storage system includes: one or more storage nodes configured to attach to a computer network to provide network-attached storage for the computer network; a first application programming interface providing data storage functionality at a file level in the one or more network-attached storage nodes for a first set of application programs operating in the computer network; and a second application programming interface providing data storage functionality at a level other than the file level in the one or more network-attached storage nodes for a second set of application programs operating in the computer network, wherein the second application programming interface comprises one or more native representational state transfer-based application programming interfaces.