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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2014
Citrix Systems, Inc., Fort Lauderdale, FL (US);
Ralph Alexander Wondra, Burlingame, CA (US);
Citrix Systems, Inc., Fort Lauderdale, FL (US);
Abstract
The embodiments are directed to methods and appliances for assigning communication network caches. The methods and appliances can assign storage buckets to caches in a manner that is minimally disruptive to all cache assignments. The methods and appliances can determine a minimum number of cache assignments and reassignments to perform based on a plurality of factors including a number of caches added and removed to a communication network during a given time period, a number of buckets in the communication network, and current cache assignment information. The methods and appliances determine a quantity of buckets to be assigned to each cache, and a quantity of extra buckets to assign, and selectively choose certain buckets for reassignment.