Inventors:
Bradley C. Diggs - Grand Prairie TX, US
Thomas Sharif Abdallah - Erie CO, US
Neil A. Wilson - Austin TX, US
Stephen T. Shoaff - Austin TX, US
Kelly C. Hemphill - Raleigh NC, US
Assignee:
Oracle America, Inc. - Redwood City CA
International Classification:
G06F 15/16
Abstract:
Dividing a set of leaf objects having the same path of a directory namespace allows the divided path data sets to be distributed over separate physical stores (e. g. , directory servers, network storage, separate memory, etc. ). Distribution of divided path data sets over separate physical stores enhances scalability of a directory namespace and facilitates efficient utilization of resources. A directory distributor maintains information that indicates distribution of data path sets of a directory namespace and directs requests for the directory namespace to appropriate stores in accordance with this information.
