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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2004
Scott Joseph Colbeck, San Jose, CA (US);
Vandana Gupta, San Jose, CA (US);
Jian Xu, San Jose, CA (US);
Scott Joseph Colbeck, San Jose, CA (US);
Vandana Gupta, San Jose, CA (US);
Jian Xu, San Jose, CA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for selecting optimal replica sources in a grid computing environment. As disclosed, the present invention overcomes shortcomings in the art involving location and selection of replica sources. In particular, the present invention selects an optimal replica source based on current and historical network statistics, as well as user-defined policies. The user-defined policies allow for customization of the replica source search, and the option of obtaining multiple ranked sources for parallel data transfer.