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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2012
Francesco Lacapra, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Peter Wallace Steele, Campbell, CA (US);
Bruno Sartirana, Loomis, CA (US);
Ernest Ying Sue Hua, Cupertino, CA (US);
I Chung Joseph Lin, San Jose, CA (US);
Samuel Sui-lun LI, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Nathanael John Diller, San Francisco, CA (US);
Thomas Reynold Ramsdell, Palos Verdes, CA (US);
Don Nguyen, Tracy, CA (US);
Kyle Dinh Tran, San Jose, CA (US);
Francesco Lacapra, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Peter Wallace Steele, Campbell, CA (US);
Bruno Sartirana, Loomis, CA (US);
Ernest Ying Sue Hua, Cupertino, CA (US);
I Chung Joseph Lin, San Jose, CA (US);
Samuel Sui-Lun Li, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Nathanael John Diller, San Francisco, CA (US);
Thomas Reynold Ramsdell, Palos Verdes, CA (US);
Don Nguyen, Tracy, CA (US);
Kyle Dinh Tran, San Jose, CA (US);
Overland Storage, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
Peer-to-peer redundant file server system and methods include clients that determine a target storage provider to contact for a particular storage transaction based on a pathname provided by the filesystem and a predetermined scheme such as a hash function applied to a portion of the pathname. Servers use the same scheme to determine where to store relevant file information so that the clients can locate the file information. The target storage provider may store the file itself and/or may store metadata that identifies one or more other storage providers where the file is stored. A file may be replicated in multiple storage providers, and the metadata may include a list of storage providers from which the clients can select (e.g., randomly) in order to access the file.