WO2004042583A8 - Apparatus and method for hardware-based file system - Google Patents

Apparatus and method for hardware-based file system

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WO2004042583A8
WO2004042583A8 PCT/US2003/034463 US0334463W WO2004042583A8 WO 2004042583 A8 WO2004042583 A8 WO 2004042583A8 US 0334463 W US0334463 W US 0334463W WO 2004042583 A8 WO2004042583 A8 WO 2004042583A8
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hardware
file system
based file
file
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Geoffrey S Barrall
Simon L Benham
Trevor E Willis
Christopher J Aston
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Bluearc Uk Ltd
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Priority to CA2504322A priority patent/CA2504322C/en
Priority to EP08075058.1A priority patent/EP1918836B8/en
Priority to EP03781504A priority patent/EP1556795A2/en
Publication of WO2004042583A2 publication Critical patent/WO2004042583A2/en
Publication of WO2004042583A8 publication Critical patent/WO2004042583A8/en

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CA2504322A CA2504322C (en) 2002-11-01 2003-10-30 Apparatus and method for hardware-based file system
EP08075058.1A EP1918836B8 (en) 2002-11-01 2003-10-30 Apparatus and method for a hardware-based file system
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