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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2007
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2000
David Raccah, San Jose, CA (US);
George Feinberg, Windham, ME (US);
Olaf W. Manczak, Hayward, CA (US);
Kacper Nowicki, Hayward, CA (US);
Waheed Qureshi, Danville, CA (US);
Luis Ramos, Glendale, CA (US);
David Raccah, San Jose, CA (US);
George Feinberg, Windham, ME (US);
Olaf W. Manczak, Hayward, CA (US);
Kacper Nowicki, Hayward, CA (US);
Waheed Qureshi, Danville, CA (US);
Luis Ramos, Glendale, CA (US);
Agami Systems, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a storage system () may include a gateway service (), metadata service () and storage service () that each provide different storage system functions. Each service (and) may include a plurality of servers that are functionally de-coupled from one another. De-coupled servers may service requests without regard to the operation of other servers of the same service. Such a de-coupled arrangement can allow a storage system () to be scaled to meet increasing demands, as servers may be added to a system, on a service by service basis, without necessarily re-indexing stored information or reconfiguring multiple instances of a server application. Further, backup servers may be easily added to the system to enable fault tolerance. Servers of a particular service (and) may be accessed according to a quality of service policy.