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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2008
Govinda Nallappa Rajan, Huizen, NL;
Rob C J Smets, Utrecht, NL;
Jeroen Wellen, Leusden, NL;
Alcatel Lucent, Paris, FR;
Abstract
The present invention relates to the reliable storage of data within a distributed storage system. A method and system for storing a data unit within a distributed storage system is disclosed, wherein the distributed storage system comprises a plurality of storage elements of unspecified system reliability, a public network interconnecting the plurality of storage elements and a reliability index control unit measuring a plurality of storage element reliability indexes associated with the plurality of storage elements. The data unit is stored following the steps of receiving a request to store the data unit according to a data unit reliability index and storing replicated copies of the data unit in at least one storage element, such that the data unit reliability index is achieved.
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