Inventors:
Jungkyoo Pamela Ham - San Jose CA, US
Brent Cecil Hawks - Hollister CA, US
Sean James Martin - Boston MA, US
Moshe Morris Emanuel Matsa - Cambridge MA, US
Gary I. Mazo - San Jose CA, US
Peter Nicholls - Scarborough, CA
Ira L. Sheftman - San Jose CA, US
James Pangborn Wells - Boston MA, US
Ronald So-tse Woan - Austin TX, US
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY
International Classification:
G06F 17/30
US Classification:
707 10, 707102, 7071041, 709202, 709203
Abstract:
An extensible file access method for accessing a first foreign file system from a data processing system with a first native file system, said first foreign file system and said first native file system implementing different file system protocols. The foreign file system is accessed by issuing a request according to the native file system protocol for data stored in the foreign file system; translating the native file system request to an intermediate programming interface, wherein the intermediate programming interface is different from both the native file system protocol and the foreign file system protocol; translating the intermediate file system request to the foreign file system protocol; and returning to the client a response from the foreign file system responsive to the translated request.