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METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SELECTING A STORAGE NODE BASED ON A DISTANCE FROM A REQUESTING DEVICE

  • US 20200137150A1
  • Filed: 12/30/2019
  • Published: 04/30/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/29/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. One or more non-transitory machine-readable media storing instructions which, when executed by one or more processors cause performance of operations comprising:

  • receiving, from a requesting device, a request to access a file;

    selecting a first node, from among a plurality of nodes, to provide access to the file, wherein the first node is selected from a subset of the plurality of nodes that store the requested file;

    causing transmission of the file from the first node to the requesting device;

    determining that the first node is not an appropriate node to provide the file to the requesting device;

    selecting a second node, from among the plurality of nodes, to provide access to the file; and

    causing the second node to retrieve a copy of the file.

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