Metadata based file switch and switched file system
CA 2512312 C · Owner: F5 Networks, Inc. · Inventors: Nickolov, Peter; Miloushev, Vladimir
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Client computers are decoupled from file servers in a computer network by , placing a network node, also termed a file switch or file switch computer between the client computers and the file servers. To the client computers the file switch appears to be a file server having enormous storage capabilities and high throughput. To the file servers the file switch appears , to be a client as it delegates a single transaction received from a client computer to multiple file servers. The file switch aggregates the file server's responses to the client computer's request and presents a single response back to the client computer. The file switch performs this transaction aggregation function …
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- Filed December 18, 2003 and granted May 13, 2014. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 18, 2023.
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