File system for a clustered processing system

Details File system for a clustered processing system File system for a clustered processing system

1996-07-31

1998-10-27

Kulik, Paul V.

395609, 395726, G06F 1700

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ABSTRACT:
An improved file system for managing data storage and retrieval in a clustered UNIX computer system including a plurality of processing nodes and an interconnection network connecting the processing nodes. The improved file system includes a data storage device, such as a disk storage unit, connected via a shared SCSI interconnect with each one of the processing nodes, rather than connected directly with a single processing node. The structure layout for the file system, which is maintained on the data storage device, includes sufficient information to enable all of the processing nodes to access said file system. The layout comprises: superblocks containing offsets to all other file system structures within the file system; a free inode bit map containing a plurality of bits, each bit representing an inode within the file system; a modified inode journal containing a separate inode bit map for each superblock and identifying particular inodes which have been modified by the file system prior to a system failure; a plurality of inodes, each inode being a data structure which contains a definition for each particular file and directory in the file system; a free block bit map containing a bit map wherein each distinct bit represents a logical disk block in the file system; and data blocks containing data representing file contents. The file system interfaces with the computer system's distributed lock manager (DLM) to coordinate file system usage.

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