US Patent 11531644 Fractional consistent global snapshots of a distributed namespace

A method of capturing a fractional snapshot of a distributed file system includes receiving a snapshot request to generate a factional snapshot of a file system. The request includes an indication of a subset of data of the file system. The method further includes identifying, by a processing device, the subset of data of the file system indicated by the snapshot request and generating the fractional snapshot comprising the subset of data of the file system indicated by the snapshot request.