Decentralized file mapping in a striped network file system in a distributed computing environment
US6029168A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 23, 1998 |
| Grant date | Feb 22, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 23, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S707/99952
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The invention discloses apparatus and process in which data files are distributed across a large scale data processing system to enable balance of work loads and storage loads at a plurality of nodes. Specifically, the invention provides significant advances in data base management by distributing meta-data in a plurality of file storage nodes to isolatively and distributively store file data in a distributed computing environment. This provides efficient allocation of storage space and work loads among nodes.
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