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Distributing Traffic To Multiple GNS Devices

  • US 20100125676A1
  • Filed: 11/18/2008
  • Published: 05/20/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/18/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system comprising:

  • a plurality of global namespace (GNS) devices, the GNS devices configured to aggregate a plurality of mount points of a plurality of file systems as an aggregated mount point; and

    a network switch comprising;

    a host-side interface comprising one or more host-side ports configured to communicate with a computing host;

    a storage-side interface comprising a plurality of storage-side ports configured to communicate with the GNS devices; and

    a load balancer configured to;

    present a virtual address to the computing host; and

    distribute traffic from the computing host to the GNS devices through the storage-side ports.

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