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SCALABLE TRANSPORT METHOD FOR MULTICAST REPLICATION

  • US 20140204940A1
  • Filed: 12/03/2013
  • Published: 07/24/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/23/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of distributing a chunk which encodes data or object metadata within a cluster of storage servers, the method comprising:

  • encoding the chunk in a sequence of unreliable datagrams; and

    multicasting the chunk by transmitting the sequence of unreliable datagrams in a rendezvous transfer to a rendezvous group, which is a multicast group, such that a single transmission of the sequence of the unreliable datagrams results in reception of the chunk by multiple members of the rendezvous group.

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