A method and system are provided for a virtual distributed data manager. In one example of the method, the virtual data manager involves receiving a request to mount a file system onto the client computer, wherein the file system is stored on the server system and contains the one or more data files;...http://www.google.de/patents/US7908339?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7908339 - Transaction based virtual file system optimized for high-latency network connections