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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2015
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
William B. Brown, Austin, TX (US);
Poornima Gupte, Pune, IN;
Frank Marschollek, Mainz, DE;
Lance W. Russell, Rosanky, TX (US);
Rainer Wolafka, Mainz, DE;
Rong Zeng, San Jose, CA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A computer program product is provided for extending a clustered file system. The computer program product comprises a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith. The program instructions are executable by a processor to cause the processor to define functions required by external services implemented on top of a clustered file system, identify at least one function that is not provided by the clustered file system, and extend the clustered file system to provide the at least one function.