Parallel file system and method anticipating cache usage patterns

FB Schmuck, JC Wyllie, ZY Yehudai… - US Patent …, 1999 - Google Patents
This invention is related to computer and computer Systems, and in particular to a file
System running on multiple computers each having their own instance of an operating …

Method and apparatus for reducing network traffic over low bandwidth links

E Lev-Ran, I Cidon, IZ Ben-Shaul - US Patent 7,636,767, 2009 - Google Patents
US7636767B2 - Method and apparatus for reducing network traffic over low bandwidth links -
Google Patents US7636767B2 - Method and apparatus for reducing network traffic over low …

System and method for reforming a distributed data system cluster after temporary node failures or restarts

D Dinker, P Gopinath, M Kannan - US Patent 7,206,836, 2007 - Google Patents
Various systems and methods for recovering from a temporary node failure without
performing a cluster topol ogy self-healing process are disclosed. In one embodiment, a …

Parallel file system and method with extensible hashing

FB Schmuck, JC Wyllie, TE Engelsiepen - US Patent 5,893,086, 1999 - Google Patents
A computer system having a shared parallel disk file system running on a network for
multiple computers each having their own instance of an operating system and with a …

System and method for state saves in a distributed data system

A Kumar, HR Susarla, P Khemani - US Patent 7,370,329, 2008 - Google Patents
302 application servers. Information may be maintained on which attributes are mutably
accessed by the process. An object graph comparison of the mutably accessed attributes …

Parallel file system with extended file attributes

FB Schmuck, E Johnson, TE Engelsiepen - US Patent 5,940,841, 1999 - Google Patents
Aitken & McCann 57 ABSTRACT A computer System having a shared disk file System
running on on multiple computers each having their own instance of an operating System …

Parallel file system with method using tokens for locking modes

FB Schmuck, AJ Zlotek, B Shmueli, B Mandler… - US Patent …, 2000 - Google Patents
A computer system having a shared disk file system running on multiple computers each
having their own instance of an operating system and being coupled for parallel data …

System and method for dynamic cluster adjustment to node failures in a distributed data system

D Dinker, M Kannan, P Gopinath - US Patent 7,139,925, 2006 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A distributed System provides for separate management of dynamic cluster
membership and distributed data. Nodes of the distributed system may include a state …

Deadlock resolution through lock requeing

K Rajamani, J Lee - US Patent 7,337,290, 2008 - Google Patents
A method and system for using a requeueing procedure to resolve deadlocks in a computing
system is disclosed. A request for a resource may be requeued after a designated period of …

Parallel file system and method for parallel write sharing

FB Schmuck, B Shmueli, AJ Zlotek - US Patent 5,987,477, 1999 - Google Patents
[58] Fleld of an operating system and being coupled for parallel data'' 711h70f709/203'213'
sharing access to? les residing on network attached shared'' disks. Methods are provided for …