Method and apparatus for handling request regarding information

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39520003, 395561, 364DIG1, 3642804, 3642824, G06F 1730

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ABSTRACT:
In a computer including at least one caller adapted to request access to a storage media, the storage media being organized according to one of at least one file system format, a system for handling requests for access to the storage media. The system includes interface modules for receiving a request for information from a caller, determining an appropriate one of a plurality of destinations to which to send the request based at least in part on a subject for the received request, and sending the request to the appropriate destination, format agent modules, corresponding to the file system format, for processing requests to access the storage media, a store for storing at least one first identifier for identifying the format agent modules, second identifiers for identifying the plurality of destinations, and mapping information for mapping between the second and first identifiers, and a dispatch module for receiving the request from the interface modules and forwarding the request to the format agent modules responsive to the mapping information. A method for handling requests for access to the storage media is also provided.

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