Patents Examined by Christpher Chow
  • Patent number: 5737743
    Abstract: A disk block controller and file system support large extended files by using special logical blocks which contain a number of sequential physical disk blocks. The disk block controller includes a file creation support unit, an extended management unit, a first and second management units, and an allocation unit. The file creation support unit separates free physical disk blocks into a region with a small number of sequential empty physical disk block spaces and a region with a large number of sequential empty physical disk block spaces, and allocates these regions to different parts of the disk. The extended management unit manages a start and sequential block numbers for sequential empty physical disk blocks having specified entries and is utilized for extended files whose logical block size is an integral multiple of a physical block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1998
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Kazuichi Ooe, Kazuto Kamimura