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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7739379 | Network file server sharing local caches of file access information in data processors assigned to respective file systems A network file server includes a first set of data processors for receiving requests from clients, and a second set of data processors for accessing read-write file systems. A respective data processor in the second set is assigned to each file system for exclusive ... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7437407 | File server system providing direct data sharing between clients with a server acting as an arbiter and coordinator A client is permitted to send data access commands directly to network data storage of a network file server after obtaining a lock on at least a portion of the file and obtaining metadata indicating storage locations for the data in the data storage. For example, t... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7120631 | File server system providing direct data sharing between clients with a server acting as an arbiter and coordinator A client is permitted to send data access commands directly to network data storage of a network file server after obtaining a lock on at least a portion of the file and obtaining metadata indicating storage locations for the data in the data storage. For example, t... | 10/10/2006 |
| 6973455 | File server system providing direct data sharing between clients with a server acting as an arbiter and coordinator A client is permitted to send data access commands directly to network data storage of a network file server after obtaining a lock on at least a portion of the file and obtaining metadata indicating storage locations for the data in the data storage. For example, t... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6816891 | Network file server sharing local caches of file access information in data processors assigned to respective file system A network file server includes a first set of data processors for receiving requests from clients, and a second set of data processors for accessing read-write file systems. A respective data processor in the second set is assigned to each file system for exclusive ... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6453354 | File server system using connection-oriented protocol and sharing data sets among data movers A first data mover computer services data access requests from a network client, and a second data mover computer is coupled to the first data mover computer for servicing data access requests from the first data mover computer. The first data mover compu... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6389420 | File manager providing distributed locking and metadata management for shared data access by clients relinquishing locks after time period expiration File locks and file metadata are distributed from a file manager to clients in a data network to permit the clients to share access to file data in data storage. The file manager is permitted to grant a second lock upon the file data without necessarily r... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6324581 | File server system using file system storage, data movers, and an exchange of meta data among data movers for file locking and direct access to shared file systems A plurality of data mover computers control access to respective file systems in data storage. A network client serviced by any of the data movers can access each of the file systems. If a data mover receives a client request for access to a file in a fil... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6275953 | Recovery from failure of a data processor in a network server A network file server includes a first set of data processors for receiving requests from clients, and a second set of data processors for accessing read-write file systems. A respective data processor in the second set is assigned to each file system for... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6192408 | Network file server sharing local caches of file access information in data processors assigned to respective file systems A network file server includes a first set of data processors for receiving requests from clients, and a second set of data processors for accessing read-write file systems. A respective data processor in the second set is assigned to each file system for... | 02/20/2001 |
