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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2013
Lyve Minds, Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Christian M. Kaiser, San Jose, CA (US);
Peter D. Stout, San Jose, CA (US);
Morgan Francois Stephan Dollard, Belmont, CA (US);
Ain McKendrick, Redwood City, CA (US);
Timothy Bucher, Geyserville, CA (US);
Randeep Singh Gakhal, Cupertino, CA (US);
Rick Pasetto, Cupertino, CA (US);
Stephen Sewerynek, Cupertino, CA (US);
Lyve Minds, Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of distributing data through a storage network may include allocating data stored on a host storage block for storage on a target storage block. The host storage block and the target storage block may be included in a storage network that also includes one or more other storage blocks. The method may further include determining a plurality of characteristics of one or more of: the one or more other storage blocks and one or more devices associated with the one or more other storage blocks. Additionally, the method may include determining a distribution strategy for distributing the data from the host storage block to the target storage block based on the plurality of characteristics.