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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2012
Emc Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
James Alan Kelley, Waltham, MA (US);
Roberto Tamassia, Providence, RI (US);
Nikolaos Triandopoulos, Arlington, MA (US);
EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Abstract
A method is performed by a data server of a plurality of data servers connected to a network, the data server including data storage managed by a remote metadata server, the metadata server managing storage of data across the plurality of data servers. The method includes (a) receiving, via the network, an access request from a client, the access request requesting access to a portion of the data storage of the data server, (b) testing whether the access request includes a data server specific token authenticating that the client has been authorized by the metadata server to access the portion of data storage, and (c) in response to testing, providing the client with access to the portion of data storage on condition that the access request includes the token authenticating that the client has been authorized by the metadata server to access the portion of data storage.