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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2010
Jan Olderdissen, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Dan Olster, Woodland Hills, CA (US);
Craig Robertson, Winnetka, CA (US);
Doug Schafer, Agoura Hills, CA (US);
Dave Fellinger, Westlake Village, CA (US);
Jan Olderdissen, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Dan Olster, Woodland Hills, CA (US);
Craig Robertson, Winnetka, CA (US);
Doug Schafer, Agoura Hills, CA (US);
Dave Fellinger, Westlake Village, CA (US);
DataDirect Networks, Inc., Chatsworth, CA (US);
Abstract
An object based file system for storing and accessing objects is disclosed. The file system may be implemented as a method in hardware, firmware, software, or a combination thereof. The method may include receiving from an application program an object write request. A selected storage node on which to store the object may be selected, including identifying a least busy storage node and/or a least full storage node. The object and the object write request may be sent to the selected storage node. A write success message may be received from the selected storage node. The successful writing of the object may be reported to the application program. An object identifier and object data may be stored in a database.