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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2008
Jeremy Dean Swift, Plymouth, MN (US);
Stephan Kurt Gipp, Inver Grove Heights, MN (US);
Adonijah Park, Forest Lake, MN (US);
Jeremy Dean Swift, Plymouth, MN (US);
Stephan Kurt Gipp, Inver Grove Heights, MN (US);
Adonijah Park, Forest Lake, MN (US);
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for routing a data stream through a plurality of data movers independent of a network interface type is provided. In one embodiment, the method for routing the data stream to a destination with indifference to network interface type includes segregating the data stream into a plurality of data blocks at an application layer, wherein the plurality of data blocks are to be routed to a destination through the plurality of data movers and coordinating data path selection for communicating the plurality of data blocks to the plurality of data movers over a plurality of data paths.