An apparatus includes a computing node and a metadata server. The computing node may transmit a request to open a file to the metadata server, which may provide a corresponding file identifier to the computing node. The computing node may use the file identifier to directly access the storage storing...http://www.google.fr/patents/US20020078239?utm_source=gb-gplus-shareBrevet US20020078239 - Direct access from client to storage device
Numéro de demande: 09/740,542 Numéro de publication: US 2002/0078239 A1 Date de dépôt: 18 déc. 2000 Brevet délivré: US6931450 ( Date de délivrance 16 août 2005)
