Abstract: A light-emitting container (2) such as a bottle includes a hollow vessel (4) and a light-emitting device (6). The vessel (4) has an open end (8) and a closed end (10). At least a portion of the vessel (4) is one of transparent and translucent. The light-emitting device (6) is disposed adjacent the closed end (10) of the vessel (4). The light-emitting device (6) includes a microcontroller (14) in electrical communication with at least one light source (16). The microcontroller (14) selectively causes one of an activation and a deactivation of the at least one light source (16). A light emitted from the at least one light source (16) is transmitted through the vessel (4) upon the activation of the at least one light source (16).

Abstract: At least two replicated instances of a source volume are split while allowing clients to access data moved during the split. Clients are redirected to the first replicated instance of the source volume. The first replicated instance is split by first moving files in a split path from the first replicated instance to the target volume. Then, after the files in the split path have been successfully moved to the target volume, a junction is inserted at the split directory to redirect clients to the target volume. After the first replicated instance is split, a second junction replaces the split path on the replicated instance of the first replicated instance.

Abstract: At least two replicated instances of a source volume are split while allowing clients to access data moved during the split. Clients are redirected to the first replicated instance of the source volume. The first replicated instance is split by first moving files in a split path from the first replicated instance to the target volume. Then, after the files in the split path have been successfully moved to the target volume, a junction is inserted at the split directory to redirect clients to the target volume. After the first replicated instance is split, a second junction replaces the split path on the replicated instance of the first replicated instance.

Abstract: At least two replicated instances of a source volume are split while allowing clients to access data moved during the split. Clients are redirected to the first replicated instance of the source volume. The first replicated instance is split by first moving files in a split path from the first replicated instance to the target volume. Then, after the files in the split path have been successfully moved to the target volume, a junction is inserted at the split directory to redirect clients to the target volume. After the first replicated instance is split, a second junction replaces the split path on the replicated instance of the first replicated instance.

Abstract: System administrators are able to move data between volumes to better utilize system resources. As data is being moved, clients are able to access and modify the data from the source volume. The apparatus moves the data by repeatedly traversing the file system on the source volume and copying files to the destination volume. Modifications made by clients to the source volume are logged. Once the data has been moved the destination volume is updated with all client modifications.

Abstract: Software implementing a volume location service on a computer is responsible for instructing clients where they can find volumes on a distributed file system storing instances of desired resources. A user queries the volume location service software for the location of instances of a desired resource. The user can also specify attributes (e.g., read-only access) to reduce the number of returned hosts. The volume location service software accesses a back-end database for the hosts with the optional attribute storing resource instances. The back-end database stores information about what hosts store instances of what resources. The back-end database is pluggable, and can be changed as desired by the administrator of the volume location service. The volume location service software then returns to the user the found hosts.

Abstract: System administrators are able to move data between volumes to better utilize system resources. As data is being moved, clients are able to access and modify the data from the source volume. The apparatus moves the data by repeatedly traversing the file system on the source volume and copying files to the destination volume. Modifications made by clients to the source volume are logged. Once the data has been moved the destination volume is updated with all client modifications.

Abstract: In a hierarchically organized distributed file system, resources belong to the containers in which they are located. These resources do not have to be co-located with the, containers in which they are stored, but can be distributed over the file system. To locate a desired resource, the unique name of the resource is determined. Moving upward through the containers in the hierarchically organized distributed file system, the lowest container with a location service is determined. The location service is queried for known instances of the resource. Any instance of the resource returned from the location service can then be utilized. Semantic contexts can also be applied to the network to control access or usage of both the location services and resource instances. The use of semantic contexts allows for improvements in network usage, security, resource allocation, and the like.