Cloud resource usage in data forwarding storage
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1. A method comprising:
- in a network of interconnected computer system nodes comprising at least one central server, wherein the at least one central server is configured to communicate with a cloud resource, receiving a request from a source system to store at least one data item;
directing the at least one data item to a node;
in response to the request from the source system, continuously forwarding the at least one data item among the nodes in the network of interconnected computer system nodes without storing the forwarded at least one data item on any fixed storage medium in the network, the forwarded at least one data item being constantly routed within the network from node to node, and each of the forwarded at least one data item being available for retrieval if a request to retrieve the data is received; and
supporting, under control of the at least one central server, one or more functions of the network of interconnected computer system nodes using the cloud resource.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for data forwarding storage. A network includes a group of interconnected computer system nodes, the group including at least one central server, wherein the at least one central server communicates with a cloud resource and controls support of the group of nodes using the cloud resource; and each node of the group of interconnected computer system nodes receives data and continuously forwards the data from node memory to node memory without storing on any physical storage device.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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in a network of interconnected computer system nodes comprising at least one central server, wherein the at least one central server is configured to communicate with a cloud resource, receiving a request from a source system to store at least one data item; directing the at least one data item to a node; in response to the request from the source system, continuously forwarding the at least one data item among the nodes in the network of interconnected computer system nodes without storing the forwarded at least one data item on any fixed storage medium in the network, the forwarded at least one data item being constantly routed within the network from node to node, and each of the forwarded at least one data item being available for retrieval if a request to retrieve the data is received; and supporting, under control of the at least one central server, one or more functions of the network of interconnected computer system nodes using the cloud resource. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer program product, tangibly embodied in computer readable medium, for storing and retrieving data in a network of interconnected computer system nodes comprising at least one central server, wherein the at least one central server is configured to communicate with a cloud resource, the computer program product causing data processing apparatus to:
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receive a request from a source system to store at least one data item; direct the at least one data item to a node; in response to the request from the source system, continuously forward the at least one data item among the nodes in the network of interconnected computer system nodes without storing the forwarded at least one data item on any fixed storage medium in the network, the forwarded at least one data item being constantly routed within the network from node to node, and the forwarded at least one data item being available for retrieval if a request to retrieve the data is received; and support, under control of the at least one central server, one or more functions of the network of interconnected computer system nodes using the cloud resource.
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20. A network comprising a group of interconnected computer system nodes, the group comprising at least one central server, wherein:
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the at least one central server is configured to communicate with a cloud resource and to control support by the cloud resource of one or more functions of the group of interconnected computer system nodes; and each node of the group of interconnected computer system nodes is configured to, in response to a request from a requesting system to store at least one data item, receive the at least one data item and continuously forward the at least one data item among the nodes without storing the forwarded at least one data item on any fixed storage medium, the forwarded at least one data item being constantly routed within the network from node to node, and to, in response to a request from the requesting system to retrieve the at least one data item, retrieve the at least one data item being continuously forwarded among the nodes.
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