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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2008
John Howe, Saratoga, CA (US);
Alexander Mitaru, Beaverton, OR (US);
Charles Morris, San Jose, CA (US);
Don Harschadath Wanigasekara-mohotti, Santa Clara, CA (US);
John Howe, Saratoga, CA (US);
Alexander Mitaru, Beaverton, OR (US);
Charles Morris, San Jose, CA (US);
Don Harschadath Wanigasekara-Mohotti, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Harmonic Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A data processing apparatus, comprising a metadata store storing information about files that are stored in a distributed data storage system, and comprising a class database; one or more processing units; logic configured for receiving and storing in the class database a definition of a class of data storage servers comprising one or more subclasses each comprising one or more server selection criteria; associating the class with one or more directories of the data storage system; in response to a data client storing a data file in a directory, binding the class to the data file, determining and storing a set of identifiers of one or more data storage servers in the system that match the server selection criteria, and providing the set of identifiers to the data client.