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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2012
Eric C. Peters, Carlisle, MA (US);
Stanley Rabinowitz, Westford, MA (US);
Herbert R. Jacobs, Hudson, NH (US);
Peter J. Fasciano, Natick, MA (US);
Eric C. Peters, Carlisle, MA (US);
Stanley Rabinowitz, Westford, MA (US);
Herbert R. Jacobs, Hudson, NH (US);
Peter J. Fasciano, Natick, MA (US);
Avid Technology, Inc., Burlington, MA (US);
Abstract
Multiple applications request data from multiple storage units over a computer network. The data is divided into segments and each segment is distributed randomly on one of several storage units, independent of the storage units on which other segments of the media data are stored. At least one additional copy of each segment also is distributed randomly over the storage units, such that each segment is stored on at least two storage units. When an application requests a selected segment of data, the request is processed by the storage unit with the shortest queue of requests. Random fluctuations in the load applied by multiple applications on multiple storage units are balanced nearly equally over all storage units. These techniques result in a system which can transfer multiple, independent high-bandwidth streams of data in a scalable and reliable manner in both directions between multiple applications and multiple storage units.