File systems with versatile indirection

A memory storage device has a file storage operating system that uses inodes to access file segments. Each inode has a plurality of rows. A portion of the rows can store extents pointing directly to data blocks. Each extent either has a field to indicate whether the extent is an indirect extent or a...

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Hauptverfasser: CROW, PRESTON F, MASON, ROBERT S.,JR
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Zusammenfassung:A memory storage device has a file storage operating system that uses inodes to access file segments. Each inode has a plurality of rows. A portion of the rows can store extents pointing directly to data blocks. Each extent either has a field to indicate whether the extent is an indirect extent or a direct extent or has a field to indicate an address for a target a logical volume.