Modular storage server architecture with dynamic data management
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1. A method, comprising:
- receiving a request from at least one client for a title not resident in a storage server, said title comprising a play track, said play track comprising a plurality of chapters;
initiating the retrieval from a secondary storage device of play track portions proximate chapter delineation points; and
in the case of a client request to begin presentation of said title at one of said chapters, initiating the streaming to said client of retrieved portions of said play track chapter, and initiating the retrieval from said secondary storage device of at least unretrieved portions of said play track chapter and subsequent play track portions.
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Abstract
A method of data management for efficiently storing and retrieving data in response to user access requests.
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21 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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receiving a request from at least one client for a title not resident in a storage server, said title comprising a play track, said play track comprising a plurality of chapters;
initiating the retrieval from a secondary storage device of play track portions proximate chapter delineation points; and
in the case of a client request to begin presentation of said title at one of said chapters, initiating the streaming to said client of retrieved portions of said play track chapter, and initiating the retrieval from said secondary storage device of at least unretrieved portions of said play track chapter and subsequent play track portions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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