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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2003
Joshua L. Coates, Orinda, CA (US);
Patrick E. Bozeman, Berkeley, CA (US);
Alfred Gary Landrum, San Francisco, CA (US);
Peter D. Mattis, San Francisco, CA (US);
Naveen Nalam, San Francisco, CA (US);
Drew S. Roselli, Berkeley, CA (US);
Joshua L. Coates, Orinda, CA (US);
Patrick E. Bozeman, Berkeley, CA (US);
Alfred Gary Landrum, San Francisco, CA (US);
Peter D. Mattis, San Francisco, CA (US);
Naveen Nalam, San Francisco, CA (US);
Drew S. Roselli, Berkeley, CA (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A distributed data storage system stores a single image file system across a plurality of physical storage volumes. The physical storage may be direct attached storage, or may be coupled through a storage area network ('SAN'). One or more clients communicate with a plurality of storage nodes through a network. A client of the distributed data storage system transmits a request over the network for a file identified in the file system. A load-balancing switch selects one of the storage nodes to process the request. The storage node accesses at least one of the physical volumes and transmits a response for the storage operation to the client.