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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2011
Jozsef Patvarczki, Framingham, MA (US);
Endre Tamas, Worcester, MA (US);
Abraao Lourenco, Malden, MA (US);
Jozsef Patvarczki, Framingham, MA (US);
Endre Tamas, Worcester, MA (US);
Abraao Lourenco, Malden, MA (US);
Hydrabyte, Inc., Worcester, MA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for the user of a computing device, a Peer, to make a portion of its local storage available to others. A Group is composed of two or more Peers with a Group Manager whose allocated storage forms a Group Bank. A Farm is composed of two or more Groups with a Farm Manager whose allocated storage forms a Farm Bank. The Grid has a Grid Manager and is the overall combination of Peers, Groups, and Farms. A file is stored by splitting it into chunks, storing each chunk on a Peer that is a member of the appropriate Bank, and forwarding the file parameters to an Information Service with a File Index. A file is retrieved by requesting the file parameters from the Information Service, retrieving the chunks from the appropriate Peers, and assembling them into a complete file.