US 12,260,102 B2
Distributed storage method and device
Yong Zhang, Hangzhou (CN); Yicong Cai, Shenzhen (CN); and Ajith Raj Shetty S, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed on Sep. 26, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/474,959.
Application 18/474,959 is a continuation of application No. 17/688,030, filed on Mar. 7, 2022, granted, now 11,809,726.
Application 17/688,030 is a continuation of application No. 15/851,212, filed on Dec. 21, 2017, granted, now 11,301,154, issued on Apr. 12, 2022.
Application 15/851,212 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2016/095228, filed on Aug. 15, 2016.
Claims priority of application No. 201610083819.8 (CN), filed on Feb. 6, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2024/0020038 A1, Jan. 18, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 11/14 (2006.01); G06F 16/182 (2019.01)
CPC G06F 3/0641 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0608 (2013.01); G06F 3/061 (2013.01); G06F 3/0643 (2013.01); G06F 3/0647 (2013.01); G06F 3/067 (2013.01); G06F 11/1435 (2013.01); G06F 16/182 (2019.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
offline merging, by a first thread service of a plurality of thread services of a file system, M small files in the file system into a first file, wherein M is an integer greater than 1;
generating M metadata to obtain a metadata set, wherein each of the M metadata in the metadata set indicates a location of one of the M small files in the first file;
receiving a first instruction to perform an operation on a first small file, wherein the first small file is one of the M small files;
obtaining a first metadata of the first small file from the metadata set; and
performing the operation based on the first metadata.