Bull/Atos Assigned Patent
Management of access to data in storage system
By Francis Pelletier | June 24, 2019 at 1:49 pmBull SAS, (acquired by Atos SE) Les Clayes-sous-Bois, France, has been assigned a patent (10,318,439) developed by Gerphagnon, Jean-Olivier, Vif, France, Pichon, Gregoire, Poisat, France, and Sauge, Ludovic, Grenoble, France, for a “management of access to data in a storage system.“
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”For the management of a file system for accessing data in a storage system in which the data are stored physically in a unique manner, a first storage environment associated with a first access performance level is mounted, from a first mount point. Moreover, at least one second storage environment, different from the first storage environment, and associated with a second access performance level is mounted, from a second mount point and with total or partial overlay of data with respect to the first storage environment. The data physically stored in a unique manner in the storage system is accessed, either via the first mount point or via the second mount point, as a function of a data use case.”
The patent application was filed on April 27, 2017 (15/498,968).