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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2014
Applicant:
Rpx Corporation, San Francisco, CA (US);
Inventors:
Brian Bodmer, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Eric Bodnar, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Jonah Kaj Fleming, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Devutt Sheth, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Mark Tarantino, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Assignee:
RPX Corporation, San Francisco, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 11/30 (2006.01); G06F 11/34 (2006.01); G06F 11/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/3034 (2013.01); G06F 11/3485 (2013.01); G06F 11/1451 (2013.01); G06F 11/1469 (2013.01); G06F 11/3433 (2013.01); G06F 2201/81 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for of storing data comprising monitoring a plurality of storage units within a mass storage area and detecting when a storage unit within the mass storage area is overloaded. The method further comprising randomly distributing the data on the overloaded storage unit to the other storage units within the mass storage area.