Oracle International Corporation

Thomas V Sepez

Angelo Pruscino

William Bridge

Richard L Long

James Aubrey Williams

Patrick Ritto

William Havinden Bridge, Jr

Pieces of data are stored among storage devices based on a cycle value, which is computed for each storage device as the total capacity of all storage devices divided by the individual capacity of the storage device. Next, a storage device for a current piece of data is selected to be the storage device with the smallest key value; followed by determination of a new key value based on at least (a) the cycle value and (b) a sequence number of the current piece. After allocation, if the number of storage devices changes, reallocation is done similarly except that selection is first from a preferred set and only if the preferred set is empty then from a remainder set. Storage devices are placed in the preferred set if a piece of data would be outside a shadow (based on cycle value) of another piece pre-existing in the storage device.

Distributing data across multiple storage devices

Methods are provided for communicating with and regulating access to a storage system contained within a file system. Storage access keys are used to communicate to the file system changes in location of data stored in the storage system. Fence keys are used to regulate access to the storage system.

Storage access keys

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Pleasanton, CA, United States of America

Thomas V Sepez