US Patent Application 17662274. DATA MIGRATION IN A DISTRIBUTED FILE SYSTEM simplified abstract
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DATA MIGRATION IN A DISTRIBUTED FILE SYSTEM
Organization Name
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
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DATA MIGRATION IN A DISTRIBUTED FILE SYSTEM - A simplified explanation of the abstract
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 17662274 titled 'DATA MIGRATION IN A DISTRIBUTED FILE SYSTEM
Simplified Explanation
The abstract describes a method for migrating directories within a distributed file system federation.
- The processor obtains a configuration file that contains information about subclusters and migration trigger factors.
- Based on the scanning result of the subclusters and the migration trigger factors, the processor identifies source subclusters and directories to be migrated.
- The processor then creates a migration plan to move the identified directories from the source subclusters to target subclusters within the distributed file system federation.
Original Abstract Submitted
In an approach, a processor obtains a configuration file of a distributed file system federation, the configuration file comprising a list of a plurality of subclusters within the distributed file system federation and migration trigger factors for the plurality of subclusters. A processor determines a list of one or more source subclusters and a list of to-be-migrated directories in the one or more source subclusters based on a scanning result of the plurality of subclusters and the migration trigger factors in the configuration file. A processor generates a migration plan to migrate the to-be-migrated directories from the one or more source subclusters to one or more target subclusters in the distributed file system federation.
