Finding lost objects in a file system having a namespace

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8977657-B2
Application number	US-19140505-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 28, 2005
Priority date	Jul 28, 2005
Publication date	Mar 10, 2015
Grant date	Mar 10, 2015

Abstract

Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are provided for finding lost objects in a file system having a namespace that includes creating a list of all objects in the file system; identifying a portion of the namespace to compare with the list; comparing the portion of the namespace to the list; and deleting from the list entries for objects represented in the portion of the namespace. Some embodiments also include determining whether another portion of the namespace is available to compare with the list of all objects in the file system. Identifying a portion of the namespace to compare with the list according to embodiments for finding lost objects in a file system having a namespace may be carried out by identifying objects renamed during execution of the method.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computer-implemented method for finding lost objects in a file system, the file system having a namespace, the computer comprising a computer processor, a computer memory operatively coupled to the computer processor, the computer memory having disposed within it computer program instructions that execute steps of the method, the method comprising:
creating a list of all objects in the file system;
identifying a portion of the namespace to compare with t…

Assignees

• Theis Richard M
• IBM

Inventors

• Theis Richard M

Classifications

• G06F16/10 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F17/30067 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic