System and method for maintaining mappings from data containers to their parent directories

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7739318
APP PUB NO 20060288026A1
SERIAL NO

11156679

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A system and method maintains mappings from data containers to their parent directories within a file system of a storage system. Each inode is modified to include a primary name data structure comprising a parent directory inode and a parent directory cookie value. The parent directory cookie value identifies a particular directory entry within a specified block of a directory identified by parent directory inode. An alternate name file is utilized to store alternate names, such as those associated with hard links.

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NETAPP INC1395 CROSSMAN AVENUE SUNNYVALE CA 94089

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Gillono, John Francis North Chelmsford, US 4 136
Haynes, Thomas Tulsa, US 15 262
Kahn, Andy C San Francisco, US 17 566
Reddy, Sreelatha S Sunnyvale, US 4 406
Zayas, Edward R Milpitas, US 13 556

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