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LOCATION INDEPENDENT SCALABLE FILE AND BLOCK STORAGE

  • US 20120011176A1
  • Filed: 09/02/2010
  • Published: 01/12/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/07/2010
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for resolving a single server bottleneck, the method comprising:

  • performing one or more of the following operations;

    a) splitting a filesystem into two or more filesystem parts;

    b) extending a filesystem residing on a given storage server with its new filesystem part in a certain specified I/O domain;

    c) migrating or replicating one or more of those parts into separate I/O domains;

    d) merging some or all of the filesystem parts to create a single combined filesystem, andthen redirecting filesystem clients to use the resulting filesystem spanning multiple I/O domains.

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