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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2017

Filed:

May. 03, 2013
Applicant:

Emc Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);

Inventors:

Shashwat Srivastav, Seattle, WA (US);

Vishrut Shah, Redmond, WA (US);

Sriram Sankaran, Bellevue, WA (US);

Jun Luo, Bellevue, WA (US);

Fredrick A. Crable, Allen, TX (US);

Chen Wang, Shanghai, CN;

Huapeng Yuan, Seattle, WA (US);

Subba R. Gaddamadugu, Worcester, MA (US);

David A. Gillam, The Colony, TX (US);

Daquan Zuo, Shanghai, CN;

Wei Yin, Shanghai, CN;

Brian D. Burck, Richardson, TX (US);

Assignee:

EMC IP Holding Company LLC, Hopkinton, MA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30094 (2013.01); G06F 17/30179 (2013.01);
Abstract

A computer implemented method, computer program product, and system for providing, via a storage provisioning engine, a scalable objects store enabled to store objects across multiple heterogeneous file arrays; wherein file arrays are enabled to be actively added to the object store without pausing the file arrays; and wherein data representing the objects enabled to be balanced across the heterogeneous file arrays based.


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