File access service system, switch apparatus, quota management method and program
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Applications(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- NEC CORP
- Publication Date
- 2006-03-29
- Estimated Expiration
- Not applicable · inactive patent
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Abstract
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[0001] The present invention relates to a switch device logically configured between a client and a file server, and in particular to a device, system, method and computer program for implementing quota management, which are suitable for using multiple file systems as seen from the client A system that virtualizes a file system to provide file access services. Background technique
[0002] NFS (Network File System: Network File System) / CIFS (Common Internet File System: Common Internet File System) is used as a protocol, and NAS (NetworkAttached Storage: network attached storage), etc. In network storage systems such as NAS, remote clients are provided with file access services for storing and reading data from storage managed by themselves.
[0003] In the conventional network storage system, there is no standard form (mechanism) for cooperating between devices such as file servers and NAS devices so that they operate as a single device, so services provid...