Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput – Computer-to-computer protocol implementing
Reexamination Certificate
2005-03-15
2010-10-05
Etienne, Ario (Department: 2457)
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput
Computer-to-computer protocol implementing
Reexamination Certificate
active
07809848
ABSTRACT:
A system and method for decreasing the protocol processing incurred by an NFS (Network File System) client, and the network bandwidth consumed, when multiple NFS requests are issued close in time to each other. Requests received close in time to each other within one NFS client are aggregated into a single communication packet, even if they are from different NFS users, processes or applications. The per-request overhead of the NFS requests is thus avoided, and multiple streams of requests may be merged into one. When a first request is received by the client, it may be delayed for a short time to determine whether any other requests can be sent at the same time. NFS requests may be aggregated on an NFS client from multiple applications, processes, users or other entities. An NFS client may include an aggregator or other mechanism for performing the aggregation.
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Colaco Glenn A.
McDougall Richard J.
Robinson David
Shepler Spencer
Wong Brian L.
Etienne Ario
Kim Hee Soo
Oracle America Inc.
Park Vaughan & Fleming LLP
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