Avoiding client timeouts in a distributed filesystem

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9852150
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13971621

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The disclosed embodiments disclose techniques that facilitate of avoiding client timeouts in a distributed filesystem. Multiple cloud controllers collectively manage distributed filesystem data that is stored in one or more cloud storage systems; the cloud controllers ensure data consistency for the stored data, and each cloud controller caches portions of the distributed filesystem in a local storage pool. During operation, a cloud controller receives from a client system a request for a data block in a target file that is stored in the distributed filesystem. Although the cloud controller is already caching the requested data block, the cloud controller delays transmission of the cached data block; this additional delay gives the cloud controller more time to access uncached data blocks for the target file from a cloud storage system, thereby ensuring that subsequent requests of such data blocks do not exceed a timeout interval on the client system.

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  • PANZURA, INC.

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Chou, Randy Yen-pang San Jose, US 31 2753
Sharpe, Richard Mountain View, US 32 1827
Taylor, John Richard Tiburon, US 53 3156

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