US Patent 7805401 Method and apparatus for splitting a replicated volume

Patent 7805401 was granted and assigned to Novell on September, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Current Assignee

Novell

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

7805401

Date of Patent

September 28, 2010

Patent Application Number

11555105

Date Filed

October 31, 2006

Patent Primary Examiner

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Tim T Vo

Patent abstract

At least two replicated instances of a source volume are split while allowing clients to access data moved during the split. Clients are redirected to the first replicated instance of the source volume. The first replicated instance is split by first moving files in a split path from the first replicated instance to the target volume. Then, after the files in the split path have been successfully moved to the target volume, a junction is inserted at the split directory to redirect clients to the target volume. After the first replicated instance is split, a second junction replaces the split path on the replicated instance of the first replicated instance.