File system implementing write once read many (WORM)

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PATENT NO 9659029
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14517076

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The embodiments deal with files that are already present in a storage when mounting the storage in a file system and files created after the mounting as different groups. (Metadata of) the files is classified. The files are each divided into metadata (index) and a file main body and are recorded on different storage areas, that is, an index partition (IP) and a data partition (DP), associated with each other. This file system is effective in a storage format in which a new file is merely written and an already written file is not updated or deleted (for example, a tape medium used in the LTFS). The embodiments implement a WORM file system by rejecting a request to update or delete a file that is present at mounting as a WORM file and permitting update or deletion of a file that is created after mounting until the storage is unmounted.

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  • INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Abe, Atsushi Kanagawa-ken, JP 130 943
Ashida, Takashi Kanagawaken, JP 54 464
Ishimoto, Takeshi Kanagawaken, JP 37 345
Masuda, Setsuko Toshima-ku, JP 57 396
Oishi, Yutaka Kanagawa, JP 205 993
Washizawa, Masahide Kanagawa-ken, JP 3 28
Watanabe, Terue Setagaya-ku, JP 75 553

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