| 摘要 |
<p>A method of providing a distributed file system allowing the storage of data comprising a plurality of directories and files arranged in a hierarchical structure on a key addressable storage system, the storage system being accessible by a plurality of users, the method comprising the steps of: storing data of a child directory on the storage system and creating a datamap which provides the at least one location of the stored data; assigning an identifier to the child directory and to a parent directory for the child directory; encrypting the datamap using both the child directory identifier and the parent directory identifier; and storing the encrypted datamap on the storage system using at least part of the child directory identifier as the key.</p> |
