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"Method And System For Caching Remote Files Locally"

Abstract: A method and system for caching remote objects locally. A request to access an object is received. A determination is made as to whether the object is cached. If the object is cached and the request is not to create a new object, modify an existing object, or open a directory, the request is directed to a local file system. Otherwise, the request is directed to a remote file system. Information about which objects are requested may be used to copy objects stored remotely to a local server as specified by a caching policy.

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Patent Information

Application #
Filing Date
26 October 2005
Publication Number
31/2009
Publication Type
INA
Invention Field
ELECTRONICS
Status
Email
Parent Application

Applicants

MICROSOFT CORPORATION
ONE MICROSOFT WAY, REDMOND, WASHINGTON 98052, USA.

Inventors

1. ALEXIS J ELLER
ONE MICROSOFT WAY, REDMOND, WASHINGTON 98052, USA.
2. NEAL R. CHRISTIANSEN
ONE MICROSOFT WAY, REDMOND, WASHINGTON 98052, USA.
3. RAVINDER S. THIND
ONE MICROSOFT WAY, REDMOND, WASHINGTON 98052, USA.

Specification

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR-CACHING REMOTE FILES LOCALLY FIELD OF THE INVENTION The invention relates generally to computers, and more particularly to file systems. BACKGROUND A set of content servers in a datacenter, e.g., a server farm, may serve content to many clients at various locations. Previously, the total set of content hosted by a given server farm was relatively small and could be transmitted to and stored on each of the content servers in the farm without excessive costs. Now, however, the amount of content available from a server farm is often in excess of several hundred gigabytes. Buying large capacity hard drives for servers, provisioning, them with all the content of a datacenter, and keeping the content on them up-to-date so that they can serve any content requested is expensive both in storage and transmission costs. This is particularly true when more than one datacenter is used to serve the content. What is needed is a method and system of effectively caching remote data locally such that the entirety of the content set can be st

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# Name Date
1 2857-del-2005-gpa.pdf 2011-08-21
1 2857-DEL-2005_EXAMREPORT.pdf 2016-06-30
2 2857-del-2005-form-5.pdf 2011-08-21
2 2857-del-2005-abstract.pdf 2011-08-21
3 2857-del-2005-form-3.pdf 2011-08-21
3 2857-del-2005-assignment.pdf 2011-08-21
4 2857-del-2005-claims.pdf 2011-08-21
4 2857-del-2005-form-2.pdf 2011-08-21
5 2857-del-2005-form-18.pdf 2011-08-21
5 2857-del-2005-correspondence-others.pdf 2011-08-21
6 2857-del-2005-form-13.pdf 2011-08-21
6 2857-del-2005-description (complete).pdf 2011-08-21
7 2857-del-2005-form-1.pdf 2011-08-21
7 2857-del-2005-drawings.pdf 2011-08-21
8 2857-del-2005-form-1.pdf 2011-08-21
8 2857-del-2005-drawings.pdf 2011-08-21
9 2857-del-2005-form-13.pdf 2011-08-21
9 2857-del-2005-description (complete).pdf 2011-08-21
10 2857-del-2005-correspondence-others.pdf 2011-08-21
10 2857-del-2005-form-18.pdf 2011-08-21
11 2857-del-2005-claims.pdf 2011-08-21
11 2857-del-2005-form-2.pdf 2011-08-21
12 2857-del-2005-form-3.pdf 2011-08-21
12 2857-del-2005-assignment.pdf 2011-08-21
13 2857-del-2005-form-5.pdf 2011-08-21
13 2857-del-2005-abstract.pdf 2011-08-21
14 2857-DEL-2005_EXAMREPORT.pdf 2016-06-30
14 2857-del-2005-gpa.pdf 2011-08-21