US 12,436,922 B2
Heterogeneous distributed file system using different types of storage mediums
Jaehwan Lee, Fremont, CA (US); and Yang Seok Ki, Palo Alto, CA (US)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Mar. 25, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/616,092.
Application 18/616,092 is a continuation of application No. 17/347,541, filed on Jun. 14, 2021, granted, now 11,940,959.
Application 17/347,541 is a continuation of application No. 16/246,394, filed on Jan. 11, 2019, granted, now 11,036,691, issued on Jun. 15, 2021.
Application 16/246,394 is a continuation of application No. 15/680,194, filed on Aug. 17, 2017, granted, now 10,223,376, issued on Mar. 5, 2019.
Application 15/680,194 is a continuation of application No. 14/474,118, filed on Aug. 30, 2014, granted, now 9,773,014, issued on Sep. 26, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/007,390, filed on Jun. 3, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2024/0264984 A1, Aug. 8, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 16/182 (2019.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 16/185 (2019.01); G06F 16/27 (2019.01)
CPC G06F 16/1844 (2019.01) [G06F 3/0685 (2013.01); G06F 16/182 (2019.01); G06F 16/185 (2019.01); G06F 16/27 (2019.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a first storage medium comprising a memory of a first type;
a second storage medium comprising a memory of a second type; and
a directory tree, wherein the directory tree comprises an indication to a location of a primary copy of a piece of data;
wherein the system is configured to:
determine a primary location of the piece of data in the first storage medium based on the indication;
store a first copy of the piece of data in the first storage medium based on the determining;
store a second copy of the piece of data in the second storage medium; and
schedule a computing job associated with the piece of data to one of the first or second storage medium based, at least in part, on the determining.