FILE DIRECTORY AND FILE NAVIGATION SYSTEM

摘要

The parallel virtual directory system (12) can extend the native file system (8) to provide a superior method for organizing a computer system's physical storage devices or locations. These can include hard disks and removable media or remote storage locations such as on Internet. Interceptor modules (2) can monitor all files or memory changes such as creation, writes and deletes to the native file system and can pass this information to the parallel virtual directory system. The parallel virtual directory system may be accessed through the native file system methods allowing users to view their file system as it existed at any point of time, including removable media that is no longer present in the system. The parallel virtual file system may be implemented using database technology allowing multiple views of the file system for an easier navigation through it. Further, a set of management processes (3) can run at the application level providing data management services such as backup, archiving, and recording.