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STORAGE-SERVICE-PROVISION APPARATUS,SYSTEM, SERVICE-PROVISION METHOD, AND SERVICE-PROVISION PROGRAM

  • US 20130311520A1
  • Filed: 10/06/2011
  • Published: 11/21/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/22/2010
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A storage service provision apparatus to be connected with a plurality of storage apparatuses over a network for providing a service to store a file by use of the storage apparatuses, the storage service provision apparatus comprising:

  • means for dividing a file to be written into one or more pieces of data and, handling a data component of the file as a block object, assigning object identification information to each block object;

    means for creating information for constructing the file using data of each block object and, handling the information as a management information object, assigning object identification information to the management information object;

    means for determining at least one of the plurality of storage apparatuses based on object identification information; and

    means for transmitting each block object and the management information object to their respective storage apparatuses determined based on their own object identification information, to make them stored there.

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