Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Peer-to-peer redundant file server system and methods
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Application No.: US13619689Application Date: 2012-09-14
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Publication No.: US09740707B2Publication Date: 2017-08-22
- Inventor: Francesco Lacapra , Peter Wallace Steele , Bruno Sartirana , Ernest Ying Sue Hua , I Chung Joseph Lin , Samuel Sui-Lun Li , Nathanael John Diller , Thomas Reynold Ramsdell , Don Nguyen , Kyle Dinh Tran
- Applicant: Francesco Lacapra , Peter Wallace Steele , Bruno Sartirana , Ernest Ying Sue Hua , I Chung Joseph Lin , Samuel Sui-Lun Li , Nathanael John Diller , Thomas Reynold Ramsdell , Don Nguyen , Kyle Dinh Tran
- Applicant Address: US CA San Diego
- Assignee: Overland Storage, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Overland Storage, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Diego
- Agency: Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP
- Main IPC: G06F15/16
- IPC: G06F15/16 ; G06F17/30 ; H04L29/08 ; G06F3/06

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.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130018928A1 PEER-TO-PEER REDUNDANT FILE SERVER SYSTEM AND METHODS Public/Granted day:2013-01-17
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