A data management system used by a digital computer system comprises a plurality of individual file systems which are connected together in a logical ring configuration around which file requests travel. File requests may be transmitted by the user to the "next" file system in the ring relative to the...http://www.google.co.uk/patents/US5014192?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US5014192 - System for locating a file in a logical ring by sequentially forwarding access request with file system name and file name