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Highly available distributed storage system for internet content with storage site redirection

  • US 20020143798A1
  • Filed: 04/01/2002
  • Published: 10/03/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/02/2001
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method of content storage on behalf of participating content providers, comprising:

  • having a given content provider identify content for storage;

    having the given content provider upload the content to a given site selected from a set of replica sites, wherein at least some of the replica sites are located in different locations across different networks available over the public Internet;

    initiating replication of the content from the given site to each replica site in the set of replica sites;

    upon receiving a request from a given entity, identifying which of the replica sites should be used to retrieve the content;

    directing the request to the identified replica site;

    determining whether the request can be serviced at the identified replica site;

    if the request can be serviced at the identified replica site, downloading the content from the identified replica site to the given entity; and

    if the request cannot be serviced at the identified replica site, redirecting the request to another replica site.

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