Method, system, and apparatus for file server resource division

Details Method, system, and apparatus for file server resource division Method, system, and apparatus for file server resource division

2011-06-21

2011-06-21

Wong, Don (Department: 2163)

Data processing: database and file management or data structures

File management

File directory structure

C707S609000, C709S203000, C709S229000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07966357

ABSTRACT:
Provided is a method including the steps of: storing multiple IP addresses and resource management information including correspondence relationships among the multiple IP addresses, multiple file cache regions and multiple virtual file servers; processing multiple file requests transmitted from a client computer in accordance with the resource management information, by use of a lent file cache region being a part of the multiple file cache regions corresponding to the multiple virtual file servers, a lent IP address being a part of the multiple IP addresses, and a lent volume being a part of multiple volumes, the requests transmitted by designating the multiple virtual file servers, respectively; and creating a child virtual file server by receiving a child virtual file server creation request designating one of the multiple virtual file servers.

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