Method and apparatus for managing file systems and...

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2007-10-10

2011-10-04

Dwivedi, Mahesh (Department: 2168)

Data processing: database and file management or data structures

Data integrity

Policy, rule-based management of records, files, and documents

C707S737000, C707S754000

Reexamination Certificate

active

08032501

ABSTRACT:
Embodiments of the present invention can comprise systems and methods for managing filesystems and can provide a programmable filesystem with active rules and policies, an n-tier network filesystem, stack mounting, a union filesystem with write-through semantics, a filesystem middleware with selective delegation, a filesystem with a statistical warehouse and/or other management functionality.

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