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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2018
Surcloud Corp., Union City, CA (US);
SURCLOUD CORP., Union City, CA (US);
Abstract
The embodiments of the present invention relate to a storage system comprising: a storage network; at least two storage nodes, connected to the storage network; and at least one storage device, connected to the storage network, each storage device comprising at least one storage medium; wherein, the storage network is configured to enable each of the at least two storage nodes to access any of the at least one storage medium without passing through another storage node of the at least two storage nodes. According to the embodiments of the present invention, a storage system in which there is no need to physically migrate data when rebalancing is required is provided.