Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Managing counters in a distributed file system
- Patent Title (中): 管理分布式文件系统中的计数器
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Application No.: US12261068Application Date: 2008-10-30
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Publication No.: US09176963B2Publication Date: 2015-11-03
- Inventor: Michael J. Callahan , Terence M. Rokop , David L. Phelps
- Applicant: Michael J. Callahan , Terence M. Rokop , David L. Phelps
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Trop, Pruner & Hu, P.C.
- Main IPC: G06F7/00
- IPC: G06F7/00 ; G06F17/30

Abstract:
One embodiment is a method that divides a cluster file system into multiple segments with each segment including one or more local counters. The method then checks for inconsistencies and corrects discovered inconsistencies in each of the local counters while the file system remains online and available for use.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100115009A1 Managing Counters in a Distributed File System Public/Granted day:2010-05-06
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