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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2010

Filed:

Jun. 30, 2004
Applicants:

Steven Richard Waterhouse, San Francisco, CA (US);

Sherif M. Botros, Redwood Shores, CA (US);

Olaf Manczak, Hayward, CA (US);

Patrick Gates, San Francisco, CA (US);

Jeremy Werner, San Francisco, CA (US);

Sacha Arnoud, San Francisco, CA (US);

Inventors:

Steven Richard Waterhouse, San Francisco, CA (US);

Sherif M. Botros, Redwood Shores, CA (US);

Olaf Manczak, Hayward, CA (US);

Patrick Gates, San Francisco, CA (US);

Jeremy Werner, San Francisco, CA (US);

Sacha Arnoud, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

Oracle America, Inc., Redwood Shores, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method for distributively storing a data object on a data storage system includes determining a layout map ID and associating the layout map ID with the data object. The layout map ID is used in determining a layout map, and the layout map is used in determining a layout given a current configuration of the data storage system. The data object is fragmented into data fragments and parity fragments, and the data fragments and parity fragments are distributively stored on data storage system in accordance with the layout.


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