Parallel file system and method with a metadata node

Details Parallel file system and method with a metadata node Parallel file system and method with a metadata node

1997-07-11

1999-10-26

Black, Thomas G.

Data processing: database and file management or data structures

Database design

Data structure types

707200, G06F 1730

Patent

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059744243

ABSTRACT:
A computer system having a shared disk file system running on multiple computers each having their own instance of an operating system and being coupled for parallel data disks. One of the computers serves as a metadata node and manages metadata for parallel read and write actions for a particular file. Metadata is transferred from and to this file from the other computers via this medadata node computer.

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