COMPUTER SYSTEM WITH DATA RESIDENCY TRANSPARENCY AND DATA ACCESS TRANSPARENCY

摘要

COMPUTER SYSTEM WITH DATA RESIDENCY TRANSPARENCYAND DATA ACCESS TRANSPARENCYABSTRACTA data management system used by a digital computer systemcomprises a plurality of individual file systems which are connectedtogether in a logical ring configuration around which file requeststravel. File requests may be transmitted by the user to the "next"file system in the ring relative to the user. File requests optionallymay or may not specify a file system name. If a file system name isspecified, then the request is forwarded unidirectionally around thelogical ring until either that file system name is found or the requestreturns to its starting point. If no file system name is specified,then an attempt is made to satisfy the request on each file system inturn until either the request is satisfied or the request returns toits starting point.