System and method for caching network file systems

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9152600
APP PUB NO 20130304844A1
SERIAL NO

13945637

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A network caching system has a multi-protocol caching filer coupled to an origin server to provide storage virtualization of data served by the filer in response to data access requests issued by multi-protocol clients over a computer network. The multi-protocol caching filer includes a file system configured to manage a sparse volume that “virtualizes” a storage space of the data to thereby provide a cache function that enables access to data by the multi-protocol clients. To that end, the caching filer further includes a multi-protocol engine configured to translate the multi-protocol client data access requests into generic file system primitive operations executable by both the caching filer and the origin server.

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  • NETAPP, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Ackaouy, Emmanuel Cambridge, GB 12 1401
Amdur, Matthew Benjamin San Francisco, US 13 876
Ayyar, Kartik Sunnyvale, US 18 1532
Eastham, Paul Christopher Mountain View, US 7 292
English, Robert M Menlo Park, US 65 4327
Griess, Peter San Francisco, US 9 482
Grunwald, David Santa Clara, US 101 2103
Lango, Jason Ansel Mountain View, US 9 611
Prakash, Ashish Morrisville, US 33 2199
Quirion, Brian Mederic San Jose, US 5 473
Tsai, Robert Lieh-Yuan Boston, US 14 1353
Wagner, J Chris Langley, US 3 93
Zheng, Qinghua San Jose, US 70 696

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