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Method of hashing address space to storage servers

  • US 20060236073A1
  • Filed: 02/03/2005
  • Published: 10/19/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/03/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of hashing an address space to a plurality of storage servers comprising the steps of:

  • dividing the address space by a number of the storage servers to form data segments, each data segment comprising a base address;

    assigning the data segments to the storage servers according to a sequence;

    measuring a load on each of the storage servers; and

    adjusting data shares assigned to the storage servers according to the sequence to approximately balance the loads on the storage servers while maintaining the base address for each data segment on an originally assigned storage server.

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