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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2013
Applicant:
Netapp, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Robert L. Fair, Cary, NC (US);
Rebecca S. Beaman, Redding, MA (US);
Assignee:
NetApp, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30076 (2013.01); G06F 3/0607 (2013.01); G06F 3/067 (2013.01); G06F 3/0632 (2013.01); G06F 3/0664 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of making a foreign law in usable in a network storage controller includes transparently converting the foreign logical unit to the native format of the file system in place, by progressively increasing the binding between the file system of the storage controller and the foreign logical unit, while the foreign logical unit remains online, without requiring copying of the foreign logical unit.