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Peer-to-peer redundant file server system and methods

  • US 8,296,398 B2
  • Filed: 04/28/2009
  • Issued: 10/23/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/29/2008
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A file storage system, for handling a file system request including a path name, the system comprising:

  • a plurality of storage providers; and

    a client, in communication with the storage providers, that accepts the file system request and a corresponding reformatted request to be sent to a selected one of the storage providers, the selected one of the storage providers being initially selected by the client on the basis of a hashing algorithm applied to at least a portion of the path name, so that the client serves as an interface between the standard file system request and the storage providers, wherein each storage provider is a virtual server, the virtual server including a plurality of peer to peer computer processes forming a set of peer nodes, and wherein a specified request directed to a specified virtual server is delivered to all peer nodes of the virtual server but the set is configured so that only a single one of the peer nodes responds to the specified request.

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