US 12,244,668 B2
Containerized gateways and exports for distributed file systems
Varsha Rao, Bangalore (IN); Patrick Donnelly, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Ramana Krisna Venkatesh Raja, Bangalore (IN); and Jeffrey Layton, Wake Forest, NC (US)
Assigned to Red Hat, Inc., Raleigh, NC (US)
Filed by Red Hat, Inc., Raleigh, NC (US)
Filed on Jun. 15, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/210,420.
Application 18/210,420 is a continuation of application No. 17/670,634, filed on Feb. 14, 2022, granted, now 11,683,374.
Application 17/670,634 is a continuation of application No. 17/125,236, filed on Dec. 17, 2020, granted, now 11,252,234, issued on Feb. 15, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0328137 A1, Oct. 12, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 67/1097 (2022.01); H04L 67/06 (2022.01); H04L 67/1014 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 67/1097 (2013.01) [H04L 67/06 (2013.01); H04L 67/1014 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
creating a plurality of containers within a cloud computing environment;
executing, within the plurality of containers, a plurality of gateways for a distributed file system;
assigning exports of the distributed file system to a subset of the plurality of gateways, wherein the exports correspond to an exclusive subset of the distributed file system; and
responding to requests to access exports of the distributed file system using containers executing gateways assigned to corresponding exports of the distributed file system.