System and method for direct to archive data storage
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1. A system for data storage, the system comprising:
- a switch node;
a meta-data server;
a plurality of storage servers having at least one respective data storage device; and
a scalable interconnect to couple the switch node, the meta-data server, and the storage servers, wherein at least one of the switch node, the meta-data server and the storage servers includes a hierarchical storage manager (HSM), and when information is received at the switch node, the HSM presents the information substantially simultaneously to the storage servers for storage at the respective data storage devices and the information is deleted from the storage devices after respective predetermined time durations, wherein the storage capacity of the storage devices is predetermined to an amount of data expected to be stored by a user during the respective predetermined time duration, and the storage capacity of each successively increasing time duration storage device is within a preferred range of twice the size to fifty times the size of the previous time duration storage device, and a most preferred range of five times the size to twenty-five times the size of the previous time duration storage device.
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Abstract
A system for data storage includes a switch node, a meta-data server, a plurality of storage servers having at least one respective data storage device, and a scalable interconnect. The scalable interconnect couples the switch node, the meta-data server, and the storage servers. At least one of the switch node, the meta-data server and the storage servers includes a hierarchical storage manager (HSM). When information is received at the switch node, the HSM presents the information substantially simultaneously to the storage servers for storage at the respective data storage devices.
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1. A system for data storage, the system comprising:
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a switch node; a meta-data server; a plurality of storage servers having at least one respective data storage device; and a scalable interconnect to couple the switch node, the meta-data server, and the storage servers, wherein at least one of the switch node, the meta-data server and the storage servers includes a hierarchical storage manager (HSM), and when information is received at the switch node, the HSM presents the information substantially simultaneously to the storage servers for storage at the respective data storage devices and the information is deleted from the storage devices after respective predetermined time durations, wherein the storage capacity of the storage devices is predetermined to an amount of data expected to be stored by a user during the respective predetermined time duration, and the storage capacity of each successively increasing time duration storage device is within a preferred range of twice the size to fifty times the size of the previous time duration storage device, and a most preferred range of five times the size to twenty-five times the size of the previous time duration storage device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of managing data storage, the method comprising:
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interconnecting a switch node, a meta-data server, and a plurality of storage servers having at least one respective data storage device using a scalable interconnect; presenting information substantially simultaneously to the storage servers for storage at the respective data storage devices using a hierarchical storage manager (HSM) when the information is received at the switch node; and deleting the information from the storage devices after respective predetermined time durations, wherein the storage capacity of the storage devices is predetermined to an amount of data expected to be stored by a user during the respective predetermined time duration, and the storage capacity of each successively increasing time duration storage device is within a preferred range of twice the size to fifty times the size of the previous time duration storage device, and a most preferred range of five times the size to twenty-five times the size of the previous time duration storage device. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. For use in a data storage system, a hierarchical storage manager (HSM), the manager comprising:
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a processor; and a memory, wherein the memory includes programming to perform the steps of; interconnecting a switch node, a meta-data server, and a plurality of storage servers having at least one respective data storage device using a scalable interconnect; presenting information substantially simultaneously to the storage servers for storage at the respective data storage devices using a hierarchical storage manager (HSM) when the information is received at the switch node; and deleting the information from the storage devices after respective predetermined time durations, wherein the storage capacity of the storage devices is predetermined to an amount of data expected to be stored by a user during the respective predetermined time duration, and the storage capacity of each successively increasing time duration storage device is within a preferred range of twice the size to fifty times the size of the previous time duration storage device, and a most preferred range of five times the size to twenty-five times the size of the previous time duration storage device. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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